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L-so) Baptifm, Confirmation, Eucharift, Penance, F xtreme Unétion, Holy Order, and siege mon The Ti coiekca! Virtues. Faith, Hope, and Charity. The Cardinal Virtues. Prudence, Temperance, Juftice, and — Fortitude. The Gifts of the Holy Ghoft. - Wifdom, Underftanding, Counlel, Forti- tude, Knowledge, Piety, and the Fear of our Lord. The Fruits of the Holy Ghoft. Charity, Joy, Peace, Patience, Benignity, Goodnefs, Longanimity, Meekne&, Faith, Modefty, Continence, and Chattity. Be The The Sum of Chriftcan Dotirine, The Precepts of Chority. Thou fhalt love the Lord ip ‘God with thy wholesheart, with thy whole foul, and with all thy mind. Thou fhalt love thy Neighbour as thy felf The Precepts of the Church. t. To keep holy the appointed feflival days of the Church, in abftaining from fer- vile works, and hearing Mafs, 2, To fat Lent, Ember-Days, Eves, and alfo, by the cuftom of England, Fridays ; and on Saturdays to abftain from flefh. 3. Toconfefs your fins to your Paftor at lealt once a year: to receive the Holy Eu- charift at Eafter, between Palm-Sundny and. Low- Sunday. 4. Not to folemnize marriage at timie forbidden by the Church: nor within’ cer- tain degrees of kindred; nor privately with- out witnels. The Sprritual Works of Mercy. 1, To teach the ignorant. 2. Tocorreét the finner. 3. To counfel the doubtful. 4. To comfort the affliGed. 5. Patiently to fuffer injurics. 6. To pardon offences, _ 7. To pray for the living and the dead, d thy perfecutors.: - The Corporal Works of Mercy. . t.°To feedtbe hungry. | a, Togive drink to the thirlty. : = | Be sD The Sum of Chrifian Doctrine. . To harbour the tare _4. To cloath the naked. 5. To vilit the fick. 6. To vifit the sud sie gnui sth ahd to res deem the captive. 7. To bury the dead. | The Eight Beatitudes. Blefled are the poor in {pirit ; for theirs i is the kingdom.of heaven, Blefled are the meek; for they fhall polfef the Land.. | Bleffed are they that mourn ; fos they fall be comforted. Bleffed are they that hunger and thirft after juftice;. for they fhall be filled. Bleffed are the merciful 5 | for they fall obtam Mercy. . Blefled are the clean of heat for hts fhall lee God. | . Bleffed.are.the peace. «makers ; for thew | fhall be called the children of God: Bleffed are they that fuffer perfecution for jullice ; for theirs is the kangsiom of heaven, The ‘Seven Capital Gia valach, are e comanenly | » called Deadly. Pride, covetoulnel, luft, envy, gluttony, wrath, and floth. The Four Taft. Things to be remembered. “Death, The laft judgment, Hell, and i kingdom of Heaven. +P Bis | The Sé. John’s Gofpel. The beginning of the gofpel according to St. John. . | ' Glory be to Thee, O Lord. 1 the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and God was the word, . Thig was in the beginning with God. _ All things were made by’ him, and without him was made nothing, which was made. In him. was life, and the hfe was the light of men; and the light fhined in darknefs ; and the darknefs did not comprehend it. There ‘was aman fent from God, whofe name was Fohn. This man came for a teftimony, to give teftimony of the light, that all might be- lieve through him. He was not the light, but to give teftimony of the light. It was the true light, which enlightens every man that comes into this world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came into his own, and his own received him not: But to as many as received him, he gave power to be made the fons of God, to thofe that be- lieve in his name: who, not of blood, nor of the will of the flefh, nor the will of man, but of God are born, And the Word was made Fleft, and dwelt among us (and we faw the glory of him, glory as it were of the only begotten sol the Father) full of grace and truth. Thanks be to God. An An Univerfal Prayer. 4 An Aét of Conérition, Cc) Lord Jefus Chrift, true God and “man, who art my Creator and Re- deemer, thou being whom thou art, and for that I love thee above all things, it grieves me from the bottom of my heart, that I have offended thy Divine Majefty: behold here I fitmly purpofe never to fin any more; as alfo to confefs my fins, and fulfilthe penance, which fhall be enjoined me for the fame, and for love of thee I freely pardon all my ene- mies; and offer my life, my words and works, in fatisfattion for my fins; wherefore 1 moft humbly befeech thee, trufting in thy infinite goodnefs and mercy, that by the merits of thy moft precious blood, death and paffion, thou wouldeft pardon me, and give me grace to amend my life, and to perfevere therein until Death. Amen. ’ An Univerfal PRAYER. ‘ My God, I believe in you, but flrengthen my faith ; L hope in you, but confirm my hope, Llove you, but redouble my love; I am forry thatd have off- ended you, but increafe my repentance. Ladorc you, as the firft principle of my beirg, I defire you as my lafl end; I give you thanks as my perpetual benefactor ; Linvoke you as my fovereign defender. ~ My God vouchfafe to guide me by your wiiiom, to reftrain me by your juitice, to comfort me by your mercy, to protect me by your power. I confecrate all my thoughts, words, actions and fufferings, to you, to the end that henceforward I my think t An Univerfal Prayer, think of you, fpeak of you, act for you, and fuffer for you, | ; Lord, 1 defire that your will may be done, becaufe it is your will,‘and*in the manner that you will. : E befeech you to enlighten my underftanding, to en fame my will, to purify my body, and fandify my foul. _ My God, give me flrength to expiate my offences, to evercome my temptations, to correct my predominant paffions, and to pradiile the virtues proper to my ftate. Fill my heart with tendernefs for your goodnefs, averlion. for my. failings, love for my neighbour, and contempt of the World. 7 , Let me remember, O God, to be fubmiffive to my Superiors, condefeending to my Inferiors, faithful to my friends. and charitable to my enemies. _ Affift me to overcome fenfuality by mortification, avarice ky alms.deeds, anger by fweetnels, tepidity by devotion. \ My God, make me‘prudent in my undertakings, courageous in danger, ‘patient in afflictions, and humble: an fuccels..( 5. ,.! re broad? to Ae ~ Let me never forget to join attention to my prayers, temperance to my meals, exacinefs to my employments, and conflancy to my refolutions. belhis Lord, infpire me to keep an upright confcience, a modeft extenor, an edifying converfation, anda regulay condudt. ete | Grant that I may continually apply mylelf to overcome nature, to comply with thy grace, to keep thy com- mandmenis aud work my falvation. 2 » Difcover to me, O God, the nothing of the world, the greatnefs of heaven, the fhortnefs of time, and the length of eternity. , Grant that | may prepare for death, that I may fear thy jyodgments, that 1 may avoid damnation, andin the end obe tain heaven ; by themeritsof our Lord Jefus Chrift Amen, THE ie th se ke rere ets eke ted Mit Bis 0 EE BiE OF bul Cf OF OUR BLESSED LADY. To be faid from the Day after the Purification, til) the Even-Sonrg-of the Saturday before the furft Sunday of Advent; exeept that on the Day of the Annunciation the Office t is faid, as in Advent. | A MATTINS. ‘ AIL, Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee; bleffed art thou among women; and bleffed is the fruit of thy womb, Fefus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us Sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. Amen. Which is ae Jfaid in the Beginning of all Hou of out Bleffed Lai ly. . V.T OR D, open my li | L R. pleas savatied fhall declaré thy praife. — V. Incline to my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make halte to help me. Glory 2 The Office of our B. Lady, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the: Holy Ghoft. As it was in the beginning i is now, and ever fhall be, world without end, Amen. Alleluia. Alleluia is faid at all Hours, from the Evening of Eafter- Eve, to the Complin of the Saturday before Septnagefima- Sunday. From then till the Even-Song of Eafler-Eve is faid, Praife be to tltee, O Lord, King of mia iat Glory. — The Invitatory. Hail Mary, full of grace, our era is with thee. Again repeat, Hail Macy, fall of grace, our Lord is with thee. In time of Eafler is added Alleluia, both here and in the End of the Anthems, Verf cles, and Refponfories. Ps ALM 94. Venite exultemus. This Pfalm without doubt was made by David, fince St: Pau! cites it as his in the Epi iftle to the Heiicwe. Some think it was made atthe time when he carried the Ark to Mount Sion. It contains a lively Exhortation to pratfe God with our Heart, our Voice and our Works, qud te fubmit to his holy Laws. C O ME let us rejoice to our Lord, ‘let us make joy to God our Saviour; _ let us approach his prefence in confeflion, and in pfalms make joy before him. - Bail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with. thee. oer God is a great Lord, and a great above all Gods; becaufe our Lord en not his people; in his hand are -all ‘the bounds of the Earth, and he beholds the heights of the Sch sarees a Our | ee ai Mattinse = 3 ‘Our Lord is with thee, The fea is his, he made it, and his hands founded the dry land; come let us adore, and fall down before God ; let us lament be- fore our Lord, that made us, becaufe he is the Lord our God; we are his people, and the fheep of his patture. Hail Mary, full. of grace,. our algand is with thee, To day if ye fhall-hear his voice, asden not your hearts, as in the provocation, ac- cording to the day of temptation in the defart, where your fathers tempted me, proved, and faw my works. Our Lord is with thee. Forty years was 1 nigh to this generation; and faid, they always err .1n their heart, and have not known my ways, to whom I fware in my wrath, if they fhall enter into my reft. Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee. Glory be to the Father, Ge. As it was in the beginning, &Fe. Our Lord is with thee. Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord. is ath thee. The HY MN. Oneen Terra, Pontus, Swit. HE Sovereign God whofe hands fuftain The globeof heaven,the earthand main, Ador’d and praifed by each degree, Lies hid, O facred Maid, in thee. He - ? - 4 The Office of our B. Lady. He whom the fun and moon obey, To whom all creatures homage pay, The judgé of men and Angels doom Refides within thy Virgin womb. O happy parent, chofe to bear | Thy Maker God’s eternal heir ; Whofe fingers fpan this earthly round, Whole arms the whole creation bound. Bleft Maid, whom Gabriel’s voice avows The facred fpirit’s fruitful fpoufe : Thou gav'ft the world by human birth The moft defir’d of Heav’n and earth. ‘May age to age for ever fing The Virgin’s Son and Angels King, And praife with the celeftial hoft The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen. Thefe three Pfalms following are faid on Sundays, Mon- days and Thurfdays, at the NoQurn. The Anth. Blefled art thou. Psatutm 8. Domine, Dominus nofler. According to the Opinion of, the -moft learned Interpreters, which the Scripture feems to confirm, this Palm princij ally regards the Perfon of Fefus Chrift rifen from the dead, in whom God did manifeft his greatefi Glory and Power. Though it may alfo be applyed to other Men. QO Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is lifted up above the Heavens. | Out of the mouths of infants and fucklincs . : oO thou haft perfeéted praife, becaufe of thy enemies, that thou mayeft deftroy the enemy and revenger. For at Mattins. For I fhall behold the heavens, the works of thy fingers; the moon and the flars, which thou haft founded. What is man, that thou art mindful of him; or the fon of man, that thou doft vifit him ? | | ’ Thou haft diminifhed him a little lefs thar _ Angels; with glory and honour thou hatft crowned him, and appointed bim over the works of thy hands. _ 7 Thou haft fubje&ted all things.under his feet, fheep and oxen; and alfo the cattle of the field. The birds of the air, and fifhes of the fea, that walk through the paths of the fea. O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in the whole earth! Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Bleffled art thou among wo men, and bleffed is the fruit of thy womb. the Anth. Even as choice myrrh. i : Psaum 18, Coeli enarrant gloriam, This Pfalm confifts of two Parts: In the firft we are taught that the Power and Glory of God may be known -by con- templating the celeflial Bodies, and efpecially the Sun. In ihe fecond Pari ts defcribed. the Perfeétion and Efficacy of the Divine Law. This Pfalm concludes with a Prayer Sor the Pardon of hidden Sins. ae 1 Bia E Heavens fhew forth the glory of 4 God, and the firmament declares the works of his hands. | The day. publifhes his word to the day, C and 6 The Office of our B. Lady. and night difcovers the knowledge of him to the night. There isno language, nor fpeech, whofe voices may not be heard. Their found has gone forth into all the “earth, and their words to the ends of the earth. He has put his tabernacle in the 8un, and ~ himfelf as a bridegroom coming forth of his chamber, He has rejoiced as a giant, to run the way his coming forth is from the higheft heaven. And his courfe even to the top thereof; neither is there any that can hide himfelf irom his heat. The law of our Lord is without fpot, con- verting fouls; the teflimony of our Lord is faithful, giving wifdom to little ones. The juflice of our Lord is right, making hearts joyful; the precept of our Lord is full of light, enlightening the eyes. The fear of our Lord i is holy, abiding for ever and ever: the judgments of our Lord are true, jufiified in themfelves. To be defired above gold and precious | -ftone; and more {weet than honey, and the honey-comb. For thy fervant bee them ; in keeping them is great reward. Sins who underftands ? Free ‘my. fecret fins cleanfe me, and from other mens fins {pare thy fervant, | If At Mattins. 7 If they fhall not have dominion over me, then fhall I be without fpot, and be cleanfed _ from the greateft fin. And the words of my mouth fhall be plea- fing to thee, and: the meditation of my heart be always in thy fight. O Lord my helper and Redeemer. Glory be to the Father, @c. The Anth. Even as choice Myrrh, thou gavel the odour of fweetnefs, O-Holy Mo- ther of Gcd. The Anth. Before the ‘yea Psatm 29. Domini eft Terra. Moft believe that David made this Pfalm to be fing by the People, when the Ark was carried to Meunt Sion? bit all Interpreters agree, that the holy prophet had princi- pally in his View “the Afce nfion pf aun Saviour Fefus Chiift into Heaven. HE Earth is our Lord’s, and the fulnef thereef; the whole world, and all that ‘dwell therein. -Becaufe he has founded it on thie feas, and on c e floods has prepared it. Who fhall afcend into the mount of our Eord, or who fhail fland in his holy placer "Phe innocentof hands, and clean of heart, that has not taken his foul in vain, nor de- ceitfully fworn to his neighbour. He fkall receive a bleffing of our Lord, and mercy of God his Saviour. This is the generation of them that feck ; C2 .. hun, 8 The Office of our B. Lady, him, of them that feek the face of the God of Facob. Lift up.your gates, ye Princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates; and the King of Giory fhall enter in. Who is the King of Glory ? Our Lord, flrong and mighty,our Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your gates, ye Princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates, and the King of ‘Glory {hall enter in. Who is the King of Glory? The Lord of Power, he is the King of Glory. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Before the Bed of this: Virgin repeat to us.fweet fongs of meafure. V, Grace is poured forth on thy lips. R. Therefore God: has blefled thee for ever. Our Father, &c. The 4bfolution, By the prayers and merits, &c. as followeth Page17. with the reft. Thefe three Plalms following are faid on Tucfday and Friday, at the Nofturn. The Anih., In thy beauty. Psaum 44. Eru€tavit cor meum. §. Chryfolom, S$. Auflin, end almoft all the Interpretrs agree that this Pfalmis a hind of a fpiritual Eptthalas sium, reprefenting the facred Union between Jefus Chrift, and his fpoufe the Church, 8S. Paultihewifein his: Epifite to the Hebrews, makes ufe of this Pfalm to fhew the evera lating Reign of the only Son of the Father over his Elect. Some have thought that Solomon was the Author, and that it was made upon the Occafion of his Marriage wath the Daughter of Pharaoh, though others attribute wt to David. But all agree in thes, that the true Senfe of it, intended ed tae Ai Maltin. =. HD the A, Ghoft, regards the Myflery of the Incarnation, and the Union of the Word with human Nature. M* Heart has fpoke a good word; F tell my works to the King, _ _ My tongue is the pen of arwriter, that writes fwiftly. Moft beautifulamongft the fons of men, - grace is poured out on thy lips, therefore has Ged bleffed thee for ever. Be girded with thy fword upon thy thigh, O moft mighty. s In thy beauty and comelinefs goon, ad- vance profperoufly and reign. Becaule of thy truth, mildnefs and juflice ; and the conduét of thy right hand fhall be wonderfuk : Thy fharp arrows into the Hearts of the Kings enemies; the people fhall fall under thee. Thy feat, O God, isfor-ever and ever; the rod of thy kingdom is a rod cf equity. | Thou haft loved juflice, and hated iniquity 3 therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladnefs-above thy fellows: — Myrrh and aloes, and caffia from thy garments, from houfes of ivory, where the daughters of Kings have delighted thee in: _ thy, honour. ~The Queen ftood on thy right band int golden robes, fet round with variety. _ Hear, Daughter, and-fee, incline thine ear, and forget thy people, and the houfe of thy Father, . CBs iii 00 ee 10 The Office of our 8: Lady, And the King will be enamoured wiih thy beauty, becaufe he is the Lord thy God, and they fhall adore him, And the Daughters of Tyre, all the rich of the people, with offerings fhall pray to thee. All the glory of the “King’s Daughter is from within; in borders of gold, cloathed about with varieties. Virgins fhall be brought to the King after her, her neigbours fhalt be brought to thee. They fhall be brought in joy ‘and re]oic= ing; they fhall be brought into the temple of the King. Inftead of thy Fathers, there are born Sons to thee; thou fhalt make them. Princes over all the earth. They fhall be mindful-of thy name from generation to generation. Therefore fhall people praife thee. for ever, world without end. Glory be to.the Father, &e. The Anth. In: thy beauty and’ comelinefs; go on, advance profperoufly and reign, The Anth. God: wall help her. PsatM 45. Deus nofter Refugium: ‘Since almof all the Fathers agree, that this pfalm, according to the deteral Senfe, regards the Church perfecuted by the Hufdets, ane delivered from perfecution by the Affifiaree of ow Lord, we ought rather to adhere to ths Opinica, than to that of fome other Interpreters, who apply ths plalm only to David vidlorious over his Enemies. R Godis a refuge and firength, helper in the tribulations, which have failen upon us in gveat number. At Maittins. Se Therefore we will not. fear, wher the earth fhalk be troubled, and .mountains be tranfported into: the midft of the fea. The waters made a noife, and were troubled; the mountains were treubledsim his ftrength. — : , The ftrong current of a river rejoices the city of God; the Higheft has fanftified his tabernacle.. ! | . God isin the midft thereof, it fhall-not be moved, God will help it in the morningearly. Nations are troubled, and kingdoms ara made to ftoop: he raifed his voice, and the earthwas moved. — _ The Lord of Holts is with us, the God of - Facoh is our defender. Come, and fee the works of ‘our Lord, what. wohders he has done in the earth, making wars to ceafe, even to the end of the earth. 7 He fhall deftroy the bow, and break wea. pons, and fhields fe fhall burn-with fire, Attend and fee that -I am God; I fhall be exalted among the Genitles, I fhall be ex- alted in the earth. } | The Lord of Hoftsis with us, the God of Faceb is our defender. Glory be to-the Father, te. | The anth. God will help her. with his countenance: God is in the midit of her, fhe {half not be moved. ) the Auth. A habitation is in tree. Psaim ae = The Office of the B. Virgin: Psatm 86. Fundamenta CNS. ys David in this pfalm celebrates the praifes of the City of Je rufalem, which in the prophénc Senfe may very ‘well be * applied to the Church of Chrift, of which that City was- the Fizure. it HE Foundation thereof, in the holy mountains; our Lord loves the gates 6f Sion above all the tabernacles of Facob. Glorious things are faid of thee, O city of God. Iwili be mindful of Rahab and Babylon, knowing me. Behold the ftrangers and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: thefe were there. Shall a Man fay to, Sion, that a Man is born in her, who being the. higheft founded her. Our Lord will declare it in the regifter of thofe people, and of Princes, that have been in hér, = 5, A habitatton is in thee, as it were of all siofe who rejoice. * ‘Glory be to the Father, @c. ~The Anth. A’ habitation. is-in thee, as it: were of all us, who rejoice, O- holy, mother of God," V. Grace is poured forth-on thy lips. _R. Therefore God ‘has blefled thee for a er. Onr Father, c, “The Abjolution.’ By the prayers and me- bia asfollows Page 17. with the ref. ati Ad’? | ) Lhefe At Maitins. a Thefe three Pfalms are to be faid on Wednefday and Saturday, at the Notturn. pea The Anth. Rejoice, O Virgin Mary. Psatm 95. Cantate Domino. Under the literal. Senfe of this pfalm, which expreffes the Greatnefs of God, raifed infinitely above the Gods of the . Nations, and viétorious over all the Enemies of his people, all Interpreters agree, that in the propbetick Senfe it contains the Myftery of the Coming of the Meffias, and of the Eftablifhment of the Kingdom of Jefus Chriff, which is the Church wpon the Earth. IN G to our Lord a new fong, fing to our Lord all the earth, Sing to our Lord, and blefs his name ; declare his falvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the Gentiles, his wonderful works in all nations. Becaufe our Lord is great, and moft wor thy of praife ; he is terrible above all Gods. Becaule all the Gods of the Gentiles are Devils; but our Lord made the Heavens. Praife and beauty in his Sight, holinels and magnificence in his fan€tification. Bring to our Lord, ye countries of Gen- tiles, bring to our Lord glory and honour; bring to our Lord the glory of his name. Take facrifice, and enter into his courts : Adore our Lord in his hoty courts. Let all the earth be moved before his face: fay among the Gentiles, our Lord hath reigned. | For he has corre€&ted the whole world, : which. ‘14 The Office of the B. Virgin. which fhall not be moved; he will judge people with equity. Let thesHeavens be glad, and the earth rejoice ;. let the fea be moved, and the fulnefs thereof: the fields fhall be glad, and al! things that are in them. Then fhall all the trees of the woods re-— yoice before the face of our Lord, becaufe he comes, becaufe he comes to judge the earth. | He will judge the earth in equity, and people in his truth, Glory be to the Father, @&c. The Anth. Rejoice, O Virgin Mary, thou alone haft deftroyed all herefies in the whole: world, The Anth, Vouchfafe: Psaum 96. Dominus regnavit. Tit is probable. that David made this plalm after fome fignat Viélory. gained upon his Enemies, for which he magnifies the power and Mercy of God. At the fame Time he does very plainly fortell the Eftabli/hment of the fpiritual’ Kingdom of Fefus Chrift.. And he exhorts all Men to prepare. themfelwes for it, by Haired to Sin, and Love to fujtice. | U R Lord has reigned; let the earth: rejoice, let many iflands be glad. A eloud and darknefsis round about him : juftice and judgment is the correétion of his feat. Wees. 3 | Fire fhall go before him, and fhall burn his enemies round about. | . His lightning fhined to the whole earth ; the earth faw, and was moved, The At Matzins. | 15 ‘The mountains melted as wax before the face of our Lord: before the face of our Lord all the earth. The Heavens have declared his juliice, and all people have feen his glory. ~ Let them all be confounded, that adore graven things; and that glory in their idols. Adore him all ye his Angels: Stoz heard and was glad. And the daughters of Fuda rejoiced be- caufe ofthy judgments, O Lord. Becaufe thou, Lord, art mofl high over all the earth: thou art highly exalted above all Gods, You, who love our Lord, hate evil: our Lord keeps the fouls of his Saints; out of the hand of the finner he will deliver them. Light is rifen to the a and joy to the right of heart. “Be clad ye juft in our r Lord; and confefs to the memory of his fan&tification. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son &c. The Anth. VYouchlafe that I may praife thee, O facred Virgin: give me force enn thy enemies. The Anih. Thou didft remain. Psaum 97. Cantate Domino. Thi is pfolm feems to have been made upon the fame Occasion and upon the fame Subject with, the laft,, aud has.the, fame fpiritual and propletick Meaning. ; | S I N G to our Lord anew fong, wos he has done wonderful things, His - 15 The Office of our B. Lady, His right hand and his holy arm have wrought falvation to himfelf. Our Lord has made known his falvation ; in the fight of the Gentiles, he has rev éaled * his juitice. ‘He has remembred his mercy, ‘and his truth, to the houfe of J/rael. Ail the ends of the earth have feen the falvation of our God. Make ye joy to God, all the earth; fing and rejoice, and fing pfalms. Sing te our Lord on the harp; on the harp, and with voice of pfalm, on the trumpet of metal, and with the voice e of the trumpet of horn. Make joy in the fight of the kingour Lord; let the fea be moved, and the fulnefs thereof, the earth, and they that dwell therein. The rivers fhall applaud, the mountains likewife fhall rejoice at the fight of our Lord, becaufe he comes to judge the earth, He will judge the earth in juftice, andthe people in equity. Glory be to the Father, &c, The Anth. Thou didft remain an immzs culate Virgin after thy child-bearing: O Mother of God, pray for us V, Grace 1s poured forth on thy lips. R. Therefore God has bleffed thee for ever. Our Father, @c. V. And lead us not into iemptation, R. But deliver us from evil, : The . at Mattins, i7 The Abfolution. B Y¥ the prayers. and merits of the ever- blefled Virgin Mary,,and of all the Saints, may our Lord conduét us to the kingdom of heaven. R. Amen. _ -—. Father-vouchfafe usa bleffing. ‘The Bleffing.. May the Virgin Mary, with her pious Son bleis us. R. Amen. The Fifi Leffon. Ecclef. 24. LU N all things.I fought reft, and I fhall abide _ in the inheritance of our Lord. Then the Creator of all commanded and faid to me, and he that created me, refted in my tabernacle: and he fald to me, inhabit in Jacob, and inherit in J/rael, and take root in my eleét. But thou, Lord, have mercy upon us, V. Thanks bé to God. R.O holy and immaculate virginity, I know not with what praifes to extol thee: becaufe whom the Heavens could not contain, thou haft born in thy womb. V. Bleffed art. thou among women, and» blefled is the fruit of thy womb. Becaufe whom thé Heavens could not contain, thou haft born in thy womb, _V. Father vouchfafe us a bleffing, The Blefing. May the Virgin of Virgins make interceffion for us to our Lord. A. Amen, - Lhe Second Leffon. ND fo in Sion was I “Aablithed, and . in the fanttified city likewife I refed, D and a8 The Office of our. B. Lady, and my power was in Ferufalem ; and I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion ofmy God his inheritance, and - abiding is in the full aflembly of Saints: but thou, Lord, have mercy upon us. R. Thanks be to God. V. Blefled art thou, O Virgin Mary, who haft born the Lord, Credtor-of the world: thou haft brought forth him, that made thee, and.ever remaineft a Vi irgin, . Hail Mary, full .of grace, our Lord is with thee; thou haft brought forth him that made thee: and ever remaineft a Virgin. When Te Deum is faid: In the end of this Kefponfory is fad. V. Glery be to the Fa- ther, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghoft: Thowhatt brought forth him that made ‘thee, ue. ever remaineft a Virgin. . Father, vouchfafe us a bleffing. ri Blefing. May our Lord, through his Virgin- Mother's interceflion, grant us falva- tion and peace. R. Amen. The Third Leffon. - Am exalted as a cedar in LInbanus, anid as a cyprefs-tree in mount Szon. As a palm- tree in Cades am I exalted. And asa rofe- plant in Fertcho, as a fair olive-tree in the fields, and as a plant-tree by the water, in the ftreets am I exalted. 1 gave an odour as cinnamon and aromatical paim; as cho- fen myrrh have I given the {weetnefs of _odour ; but thou, O Lord, have mercy on us. R. Thanks be to God. q | The = At Mattins. 19 The Refponfory following is to be omitted’ when’ Te Deum is faid. el R: Thou art truly happy, O facred Virgin Mary, and moft worthy all praife; vecaufe Out of thee is rifen the Son of Juflice, Chrift our God. /,. Pray for the people; plead in behalf of the Clergy ; make, interceflion for the devout female fex: let all people per- ceive thy afliftance who celebrate thy holy: commemoration: becavfe ontof thee is rifen the Son of Juftice, Chrift our God. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, &c. Becaufe out of thee is rifen, &c. The Hymn, Te Deum following, may be faid, if you pleafe, from Chrilimas to’ Septuagelima Sunday, and from Ealter Day io Advent. And when it is faid, the Lhird Refponfory is omitted, and in the Second Refpon- fory, Glory be to the Father is /aid as above. But in » Advent, and from Septuagefima to Eafter, it is not said, except on the Feafts of the B. Virgin May. | The Hymn of St. Ambrofe and St, Augufline, Te Deum Laudamus. “HEE, fov'reign God, our grateful accents praife, + We own thee Lord, and ble{s thy wondrous ways» To thee, eternal Father, Earth's whole frame With loudeft trumpets founds immortal fame : Lord God of Hofts! for thee the heav'nly Pow'rs. With founding Anthems fill thy vaulted tow’rs. Thy Cherubims thrice Holy, Holy, Holy, cry, _ Thrice Holy all the Seraphims reply ; And thrice returning echoes endlefs fongs fupply. Both Heav’n and Earth thy Maijefty difplay : hey owe their beauty to thy glorious ray. + tae De _ Thy 20 The Office.of our B. Lady. Thy praifes fll the loud Apoftles choir, ‘Phe train of Prophets in the fong confpiree — Legions of Martyrs in the Chorus fhine, And vocal blood with vocal mulic join. By thefe thy Church infpir’ d with heav’nly atty Around the world maintains a fecond part ; And tunes her fweeteft notes, O God, for-thee, The Father of unbounded Majefly. ‘The Son ador’d Go: partner of thy feat, And equal everlafting Paraclete. ? Thou King of Glory, Chrift : ‘Of the moh. higdss Thou co- eterhal filial Deity. Thou who to flave the world’s impending doom, Vouchfafed’ft to dwell within a Virgin's womb. Old tyrant Death difarm’d; before thee flew ‘The bolts of Heav'n, and back the foldings drew ‘Lo give accefs, and make the faithful way.: From God'sright hand thy filial beams difplay | Thou art to judge the living and the dead ; - Then fpare thofe fouls for whom thy veins have bledy O take us up amongtt the bleft above, To fhare with them thy everlafting love. Preferve, Q Lord, thy people, and inhance Thy blefing on thy owninheritance. For ever raife their hearts, and rule their ways: Each day we blefs thee, and proclaim thy praifes _ No. Age fhall fail to celebrate thy name: Nor hour negle& thy everlafting fame. Preferve our Souls, O Lord, this day from all's gi Have mercy on us, Loid, have! mercy fill. © Aswe have hop'd, do thou reward our pain, We've de ie thee, let not qur hope 4 Vaile” AT | ici, AUd ids AS, V. YNCLINE unto my aid, O God. R.. O Lord, make hatte to help me.+ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, c ; ee sca The Anth. Mary is taken up. Psarm 92. Dominus regnavit. The Author of this Pfalm rep: ofents God's everlafling Kinge dom, fets forth his Power, and the Truth of his Promi ifs UR Lord has reigned, he has put on beauty : our Lord has put on firength, and girded himfelf. For he has eftablifhed the globe of the ~ earth, which fhall not be moved. ° Sean that time was thy feat prepared, thou art from everlafting. The rivers, O Lord, have lifted up, the rivers have lifted up their voice. The rivers have lifted up their waves from the voice of many waters. Marvellous are the rifings of the fea; marvellous is our Lord ‘on high. Thy teftimonies are made very credible 4 holmefs becomes “ei houle,-O Lord, for length of days. | Glory be to the Father: Se. - The Anth. Mary istaken up into heaven: the Angels Sais and with prailes blefs our: word, © The Anth, ‘The Virgin Mary. a (2 Siew: ~PsaLm Be The Office of owr B. Lady, Psat gg. Jubilate Deo, This isa Pfalm of Praife and Thank/{giving, which ine. vites a the, People of the Earth to enter into the holy Temple, which my ftically and truly is ihe Churchof Chrift. M4. ye joy to God, all the Earth, ferve our Lord in gladnefs.. Enter in before his fight with joy. Know, that the Lord 1s God ; he made us,. and not we ourfelves. — : His people, and the-fheep of his pafture, enter into his gates in confeffion, his courts with hymns ; confefs ye to him... Praife his name, becaufe our Lord is fweet,. his mercy for ever, and his. truth, even from: generation to generation, _ Glory he to the Father, &c. The Anth. The Virgin Mary is taken up. Ynto the heavenly chamber, where the King: of Kings fits on his ftarry throne. The Anth, We rumafter the odor, | ce vigilo, «| The moft Part of the Interpreters apply this. Pfalm to the Time of Saul, and believe that David’ made it when. he fled into the Defart of Ziph to avoid Sauls. Fury. Though fome are of opinion at may have been made in the Time of Ablalom’s Revolt, when he was likewife forced to retire vito a Defart.. He deplores d2s Exile and his Aj- fence from the Tabernacle and the Ark: At the fanie'time confiders,-in a higher Senfe, bis Abfente’ from@his. true County, which is Heaven sland therefore. the Prayer ‘which he makes is very proper for all the Fifty who look upon this. Life but as a Banz/hment, O God my God: to thee I watch from: the morning light. Psaim 62. Deus Deus meus, ad te de Lus x 3 at Lands... 25 My foul has thirfted after thee: my ficth alfo very many ways. Asina defart land, and inacceffible, and without water + fo in the holy. place have I appeared to thee, that F may behold’ thy flrength and thy glory. : - Becaufe thy mercy is: better than le, my- lips fhall praife thee, So will I blefs thee in my life, and in thy name I will lift up my. hands. Aswith marrow and fatnefs Jet my foul be. ig and my mouth fhall praife with hps of Oo If I have been mindful of thee on my. bed; in the morning I will meditate on. thee, becaufe thou haft been my helper, And under the cover of thy wings I will Fejoice, my foul has cleaved after thee; thy right hand has taken me under its prote€lions But they in vain have fought my foul, they fhall enter into the lower parts of the earth; they fhall be delivered into the power of the fword ; they fhall be the portions of foxes. But the, King fhall rejoice in God; all fhall be praifed, that fwear on him; becaufe the mouth of thofe tbat ae wicked. ae is Roppedt.. ’ “Psarm 66. Dets fai eb atut ia, - This Pe itm Seems to have Seen. mate when the Unaclites ~ were going, but not gone out of Babylon. All the Inter~ preters agree, that it reprefents, im the Spirit Scvfe, the ardent 24 The Office of our B Lady, ardent Defire which the Prophet had to the coming of the Meffias, and the Redemption of Mankind, according ta what Fefus Chrift Jaid to his Difciples, that many Prophets and many Rings had defired to fee what they faw, but had hand ite OD, have mercy onus, and blefs us, caufe his countenance to fhine upon us, and have mercy on us. ‘That we may know thy way on earth; thy falvation in all nations. Let people, O God, confefs to thee; let all people praife thee. Let nations be glad and rejoice, becaule thou judgeft people with equity, and direételt . the nations on the earth, . Let people, O God, ‘confefs “to thee ; let all people praife thee : the earth has yielded her fruit. May God, our God, blefs us; may God blefs us, and may all the ends of the earth fear him. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. We run after the odor of iy ointments, young virgins -have loved: thee exceedingly. ' The Anth. Thou, Daughter, art bleffed. The Song of the three Children. LL the works of our Lord ‘blefs our Lord ;, praife and extol him for ever. — Blefs our ‘Lord’ ye Angels of our Lord; ye heavens blefs our rota’ All waters, that are aboye tlhe ee . blefs at Lauds. | 25 blefs ye our Lord; blefs our Lord, all ye Powers of our Lord. Sun and moon blefs our Lord ; flars of heaven blefs our Lord. Showers and dew blefs our Lord; all. fpirits of God blefs our Lord. Fire and heat blefs our Lord; cold and: Summer blefs our Lord. _ Dews and hoary froft blefs our Lordz froft and cold blefs our Lord. __ Ice and fnow blefs our Lord; nights and days blefs our Lord. Light and darknefs blefs our Lord; lightnings and: clouds blefs our Lord. Let the earth blefsour Lord; let it praife and extol him for ever. Mountains and-hills blefs our Lord; all things that {pring in the earth blefs our Lord. Biefs our Lord ye fountains; feas and rivers blefs our Lord. ' Whales, ard all that move in, the waters,. blefs our Lord; blefs our Lord all ye fowls of the air, All beafts.and cattle. ble& our 5 fons. of men blefs our Lord. Let Jfrael blefs our Lord 3, poets and ex tol him for ever. Priefts of our Lord, blef. our Seals ere vants of our Lord, blefs our Lord.- . Spirits and fouls of the uit blefs our Lord; ye holy and napeils of heart blefs our. Lord, ANANAS. -_ 26 The Office of our B. Lady, Ananias, Azarias, Mifael, blefs' our Lord; praife and extol him for ever. ~~ Let us'Blefs the Father and the Son, with the Holy Ghoft; let us praife and magnify him for ever. ‘Bleffed art thou, Lord, in the firmament of heaven; and praifed, and ashen and extolled for ever. The Anth. Thou, daughter, art bleffed of our Lord; for by thee we have partaken of the fruit of life. : The Anth, Thou art fair. Psaum 148. Laudate Dominum de Corlis, piss! Pfalin alfo invites all Creatures to celebrate the Praifes- of God. R AISE our Lord from the heavens, praife him in the high places. Praife him all his Angels, praife him all his powers. Praife him Sun and Moon, praife him all ye ftars and light. | Praife him, O Heavens of Heavens, and let the waters, that are above the Heavens, praife the name of our Lord. Becaufe he fpake, and they were made ; he commanded, and they were created. “He eftablithed them for ever, world with- out end: he madea precept, and it hall not be annulled. | Praife our Lord from the earth, ye asad > iat eH all eee. ; Fire : at Lauds. ~ Fire, hail, fnow, ‘ice, tempeftuous winds, which obey his word. Mountains and all hills, trees that bear fruit, and all cedars. Petey he | Beafts and all cattle, ferpents and winged fowls: | | Kings of the earth, and.all people, princes, and all judges of the earth. Young men and virgins, the old with the oung! let them praife the name of our Lord, becaufe his name alone is exalted. The confeffion of him is above heaven and earth, and he has exalted the horn of his people, Tey , - A bymnto all his faints, to the fons of Tfrael ;.a people that approaches to him, PSALM 149. This Pfalm alfo invites the Uraelites to fing the Praifes of God, and foretells, that they fhall prevail over thetr Ene- miles. -I NG tto our Lord a new fong, let his raife be in the church of faints. - Let J/rael be joyful in bim that made him, and the children of Szon rejoice in their King. | AS Let them praife his name in choir: on timbrel and pfalter let them fing to him. Becaufe our Lord is well pleafed with his people, and he will exalt the meek to falva- tion. “6 The faints fhall rejoice in glory, they fhall | be joyful in their beds, : | : | The « 28 The Office of our B. Lady, The praife of God fhall be in their mouths, and two-edged {words in their hands. ~ To execute revenge on the nations, chaf- tifements among the people. To bind their Kings in dvmit and their nobles in chains of iron. That they may execute ‘on them the judg- ment that is written : this glory is to all his faints. PsaLtm 1590. Laudate Dominum in Sanétis, This Palm és upon the fame Subject with the former. RATSE our Lord in his faints, praife him inthe firmament of his ftrength. Praife him in his. powers, praife him ace cording to the multitude of his greatnels. Praife him in the found of the trumpet, praife him on pfalter and harp. Praife him on timbrel, and in choir, praife him on ftrings and organs. | -Praife him on well-founding cymbals, praife him on cymbals of joy; let every {pirit praife our Lord. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Thou art fair and comely, O daughter of Ferw/alem, terrible asan any fet in order of battle; The Chapter, Cant. 1. 6 Bt daughters of Szon beheld her, and declared her moft bleffed, and queens have praifed her. R. Thanks be to God, ) : The ~ at Lauds. 29 The HY MN. O gloriofa Virginum. Mary ! whilft thy Maker bleft . Is nourifh’d at thy Virgin breaft, Such glory fhines, that flars lefs bright Behold thy face, and lofe their hight. The lofs that man in £ve deplores, Thy fruitful womb in Chrift reftores, And makes the way to Heaven free For them that mourn, to follow thee. By thee the Heavenly gates difplay And fhew the light of endlefs day : Sing, ranfom’d nations, fing and own, ~ Your ranfom was a Virgin’s Son. May age to age for ever fing _ The Virgin’s Son and Angels King, And praife with the celeftial hoft The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen, — V. Bleffed art thou among women. R. And bleffed is the fruit ofthy womb. The Anth, O bleffled Mother of God. In the time of Eafter. Anth. Triumph, O Queen. The Song of Zach. Luke 1. | LESSED beour Lord God of J/racl, becaule he has vifited and wrought the redemption of his people. — | And raifed up a kingdom of falvation to us, in the houfe of David, his fervant. As he {poke by the mouth of his holy prophets, that are from the beginning. Salvation from our enemiés, and from the hand of all that bate us, | : E To 50. The Office of our B. Lady, To work mercy with our Fathers, and to remember his holy covenant. The oath, which he fwore to Abraham our Father, that be would grant himfelf to us, That without fear, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may ferve him. In holinefs and jultice before him all our aves | : ‘And thou, Child, fhalt be called the Prophet of the Higheft; for thou fhalt. go before the face of our Lord, to.prepare his ways. To give knowledge of falvation to his people, for remiffion of their fins, Through the bowels of the mercy of our God; in which the rifing fun from on high has vifited us. : ‘ To enlighten them that fit in darknefs, and in the fhadow of death: to dirett our feet in the way of peace. Glory be to the Father, ©c, The Anth, O blefled Mother of God, Mary, perpetual Virgin, temple of our Lord, the fanétuary of the Holy Ghoft, thou alone, withoutexample, didft pleafe our Lord Jefus Chrift: pray forthe People, plead in behalf of the Clergy, make interceflion for the de- vout female iex. The Anth. in Time of Eafter. ‘Riumph, O Queen of Heavn, to fee, Alleluia. . Tike facred infant born of thee, Alleluias Return at Lauds. eid _ Return in glory from the tomb, Alleluia. _ And witch thy prayers prevent our doom. Alleiuia. Lord have mercy on us. Chrift have mercy on us. Lord have have mercy onus. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee, . Let us Pray. O God, who wouldft have thy Word take flefh in the womb of the bleffed Virgin Mary, according to the declaration of the Angel ; grant us, thy fuppliants, that we, who truly be- heve her to be the Mother of God, may find favour with thee, by her interceflion $ Through the fame Chrift our Lord. For the Saints. The Anth. All ye faints of God, vouch- fafe to make interceffion for the falvation of us, and ofall. V. Ye juft, rejoice in our Lord, and be exceeding glad. R. And glory, all ye right of heart. Let us pray. _. Protett, O Lord, thy people; and let the _ confidence we have in the interceffion of thy bleffed Apoftles, Pecer and Paul, and of thy other Apoftles, prevail with thee, to preferve and defend us for ever. May all thy faints, O Lord, we befeech thee, every where affift us, that, whilft we ce- lebrate their merits, we may be fenfible of their prote€lion: grant us thy peace in our times, and repel all wickednefs from thy church; profperoufly guide the fieps, atlions : eee and 32 The Office of our B. Lady, and defires of us and all thy fervants in the way of falvation: give eternal bleffings to. thofe whorhave done good to us, and ever- lating reft to the faithful departed: ‘Thro’ our Lord Jefus Chrifl thy fon, @c, R. Amen, V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. V. Blefs we our Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the fouls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, reft in peace. R. Amen. If here the Office be ended, that which follows is faid ; vtherwife, if any Hour follows, in the end of the aft flour, fay, Our Father, wholly in fecret. V. May our Lord give us his peace. R, And life everlafting. Amen. : Here (as alfo at the End of Complin) one of the Anth. following is faid kneeling, except on Sundays and in Eafier time ; when they are faid flanding, in memory of Chrifi’s Refurreétion. From the Purification to the Complia of Eafler-Eve. The Anthem. 4ve Regina Celorum. AIL, fhining Queen of the celeftial train, O’er Angel-pow’rs extend thy brighter reign. Hail, fruiuful Root of Life: Hail, Orient Gate, From whom Earth's better light derives its date. O glorious Maid, rejoice! alone poffels _ The higheft feat of creatures happinefs. And crown ‘d with beauty, thence, implore thy Son ‘To grant our pray'rs from hisindulgent throne, V. Vouchfafe that [ may praife thee, O facred At Lauds, 33 facred Virgin. R. Give me force againft thy enemies, Let us pray. : | Trengthen us, O God of mercy, againft all our weaknefs; and grant that we, who celebrate the memory of the Bleffed - Virgin Mary, Mother of our Lord, may, by. the afliftance of her prayers, forfake all our iniquities: Through the fame Chrift our Lord. R. Amen. May the divine help always remain with: uss R. Amen. From the Complin of Eafter-Eve, to the Ninth Hour of : Trinity-Evee » . .: The Anthem. Riumph, O Queen of Heav’n, to fee, Alleluide The facred Infant born of thee, A’eluia. Return in glory from the tomb, Alleluia. And with thy pray’rs prevent our doom, A’leluia. V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, Alleluia: R., Becaule our Lord is truly rie’ fen, Alleluza. Let us pray. God, who has vouchfafed to rejoice the world by the refurre€tion of thy Son, our Lord Jefus Chrift; Grant, we be- feech thee, that by the interceffion of his — Mother the Virgin Mary, we may obtain the joys of eternal ike : Through the fame Chrift our Lord. R. Amen. _¥. May the divine help, &c.. | Eg : Frony B4 The Office of our B. Lady. From the Complin on Trinity-Eve, to Advent. The Anthem. Salve Regina Mater, @c. AIL happy Queen: Thou mercy s Parent, hail Life, Hope, and comfort-of this earthly vale. To thee Eve's wretched children raile their cry, In fighs a: dtears to thee we fuppliantsfly. Rife, glorious Advocate, exert thy love, And let our vows thofe eyes of pity move. O {weet, O pious Maid! for us obtain, ? For us who long havein our exile lain, To fee thy Infant Jefus, and with him to reign. , ( V. Pray forus, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the ‘promifes of Chrift. ! Let us pray. TA oasis eternal God, who, by the co- operation of the Holy Ghoft, didft fo prepare the body and foul of the glorious Virgin Mary, that fhe might deferve to be made the worthy habitation of thy Son: Grant, that we, who rejoice in her comme- moration, may, by her pious interceflion, be delivered from prefent evils and everlalting death: Through the fame Chrift our Lord. ‘R. Amen. | V. May the divine help, &c. AT..P RA M,E. Z Hail May. ¥ NCLINE unto my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make hafle to help me. Glory be to the Father, &c. vis it was in the beginning, &c. 4 Py The i At Prime. a5 The HY MN. Memento rerum conditor. — Emember, You, O gracious Lord, Tl’ eternal God’s co-equal word, In Virgin’s womb a creature made, Our Nature wore for Nature’said. O happy Mary, chofe to be Mother of grace and clemency ! Proteét us at the bour of death, And bear to Heaven our parting breath, May Age to Age for ever fing - The Virgin’s Son, and Angels King, And praife, with the Celeftial Hoft, » The Father, Son, and Holy Ghok, Amen, The Anth. Mary is taken up. Psa 53. Deus in nomine tuo. . David feeing himfelf furrounded by - the troaps. of Saul, w*o was advertifed by the Inhabitanis of Ziph, that David. had made his Retreat in their Country, offered his Prayer to God in fo extreme Danger, out of which the Divine Power could onty refcue him. rat Z God, fave me by thy name, and by | thy ftrength judge'me. - O God, hear my prayers; with thy ears receive the words of my mouth. Becaule ftrangers have -rifen up againft me, and the ftrong have fought my foul: and they have not fet God before:their eyes. For behold, God helps me, and our Lord is the prote€tor of my foul. , 7 Turn away the evils to my enemies, and in thy truth deftroy them, L will freely facrifice to thee, and will con= fefs to thy name, O Lord, becaufe it is goo, Becaufe > 36 The Office of our B, Lady. Becaufe thou haft delivered me out of alk tribulation; and my eyes have looked down upon my enemies. Glory be'to the Father, &c. Psaum 84. Benedixifti Domine. This Pfalm may be faid to contain a double Prediction, vize of the Return from the Captivity of Babylon and of the General Redemption of ‘de gio which was to proceed from the Incarnation of the Wor O Lord, thou haft blefled thy land; thou haft turned away the captivity of “Facob. Thou haft forgiven the imiquity of thy people, thou haft covered all their fins. Thou haft moderated all thy wrath, thou haft turned away from the wrath of thy indig- nation, | Convert us, O God our Saviour, and turn away thy anger from us. Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Or wilt thou extend thy wrath from geficratjon to generation ? O God, thou being reconciled, thalt quicken us, and thy people fhall rejoice in ‘thee. shew us, O Lord, thy mercy, and give us thy falvation, I will hear what our Lord God fhall {peak in me, becaufe he will fpeak peace to his people. And to his faints, and to them that are «converted to the heart, But 3 db Brmgt en!) 63%. 37 ~ But his falvation is near to them that fear him, that glory may inhabit our land. Mercy and truth have met each other, -juftice and peace have kiffed. Truth is rifen out of the earth, and juflice ~ has looked down from heaven. For our Lord will give plenty, and our land fhall yield its fruit. _Juftice fhall walk before him, and fet her fleps in the way. Glory be to the Father, Sc, Psatm 116, Laudate Dominum. This Pfalm is to be underftood of the Vocation of the Gene tilis, and the Uniling all. the People of the Earth, pews and Gentiles, inone Society, viz. the Church of Chrift. RAISE our Lord all Gentiles, praife ) him all people. 7 Becaufe his mercy is confirmed on us, and his truth remains for ever. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Mary is taken up into hea- ven; the Angels rejoice, and with praifes. blefs our Lord, _ The Chapter, Cant. 6. HO is fhe, that comes forth as the morning rifing, fair as the moon, _ elett as the Sun, terrible as the front of an army fet in order of battle ? R. Thanks be to God. | | | V. Vouchfafe that I may praife thee, O facred Virgin, . ~R, Give 38 The Office of our B. Lady, R. Give me force againft thy enemies. Lord, have mercy onus, Chrift, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. Let us pray. | ) God, who. wait pleafed to make choice of the chafte womb of the Bleffed Vir- gin Mary, for thy abode: Grant, we befeech thee, that being protetted by the affiftance of her interceflion, we may celebrate her memory with a {piritual joy. Who liveft and reigneft, &e. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee, V. Blefs we our Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the fouls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, reft in peace. R, Amen. _ : AT THE THIRD HOUR, Hail Mary. Qhseaey to my aid, O God. A R. © Lord, make hafte to help me. Glory be to the Father, &c. The HYMN. Memento rerum Conditor. Emember, You, O gracious Lord, Th’ eternal God's co-equal Word, _ In Virgin’s womb a creature made | Our Nature wore for Nature’s aid. | | O happy at the Third Hour. 85 O happy Mary, chofe to be Mother of grace and clemency ! Prote& us at the hour of death, And bear to Heaven our parting breath. | May Age to Age for ever fing The Virgin’s Son and Angels King And praife with the Celeftial Holt The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, Amen, The Anth. The Virgin Mary, Psaum 119. Ad Dominum cum tribularer. This Pfalm and fourteen more that follow are called by the Title of Gradual, though the Reafon does not appear, why they are fe called. David Seems to have made. this Plalm in the. Time of his Banifhment; he begs. of God to deliver him from the Treachery of his Enemies, and deplores his Exile among barbarous People. HEN I was in tribulation, I cried to our Lord, and he heard me. ‘Lord, deliver my foul from unjuft lips, and froma deceitful tongue. What will be given, or what recompence can be made for a deceitful tongue ? The fharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of defolation. Woe is me, that my banifhment i is pros longed; I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar, my foul has been long a ftranger, With them that hated peace, I was peaceable: when I {poke to them, ned : 2 poled me without caufe. Glory be tothe Father, &c, As it was in the beginning, &e, PsALm 40 The Office of our B. Lady, Psatm i20- Levavi oculos meos. Zhe Author of this Pfalmteacheth, that Help is only to be ex pected fiomGod, who always takes Care of the Safely of his People. OF dive: ] Have lifted up my. eyes to the mountains, from whence help fhall come.to me. My help is from-our Lord, who made hea- ven and earth, : Let bim not fuffer thy foot to be moved, nor let him flumber that keeps thee. Lo, he fhall not. flumber nor fleep, that keeps J/rael. Our Lord keeps thee, our Lord is thy prote@tion on thy right hand. By day the fun fhall not burn thee, nor the moon by night. : Our Lord keeps thee from all evil, may our Lord keep thy foul. Let our Lord keep. thy coming in, and they going out; from henceforth, now, and for ever. é ) Glory be to the Father, &c. Psawum 121. Letatus fum. — This Pfalm in the literal Senfe expreffes the Foy of the People of Urael, when they went to offer their Sacrifices in Jerufalem; and in the fpiritual Senfe it ought'to be applied to the Defire the Faithful should have of entering into the heavenly Jerufalem. | Rejoiced at thofe things, which were di faid to me; we fhall go into the houfe of the Lord." gi Our feet were ftanding in thy courts, O ¥ erufalem. ‘ : J Ferufalem, at the Third Hour. At Ferufalem, which is built as a city; whofe inhabitants are united together. For thither did the tribes afcend, the tribes of our Lord, the teftimony of J/rae; to praife the name of our Lord. Becaufe feats fat there in judgment, feats upon the houfe of David. , Afk the things that are for the peace of Ferufalem, and abundance to them that love thee. Let peace be made in thy ftrength, and abundance in thy towers, | For my brethren, and my neighbours, I {poke peace of thee. | For the houfe of the Lord our God, I have fought good things for thee. Glory be to the Father, Ge. The Anth. The Virgin Mary is taken up | to the Heavenly Chamber, in which the King of Kings fits on his ftarry throne. ‘The Chapter, Ecclef. 24. ND fo in Ston was I eftablifhed, and in the holy city likewife I refted, and my power was in Ferufalem. R. Thanks be to God. V. Grace is poured out on thy lips. R. Therefore God hasbleffedthee for ever, Lord, have mercy on us. Chrift, have mercy onus. Lord, have mercy on us, at A V. O Lord, hear my prayer. R, And let my cry come to thee, ; F Let 42 — The Office of our B. Lady. 3 Let us pray. () God, who, by the fruitful virginity of the Blefled Virgin Mary, haft given to mankind the rewards of eternal falvation: Grant, we befeech thee, that we may be fen- fible of the benefit of her interceffion, by whom we have received the Author of Life, our Lord Jefus Chrift thy Son, who liveth and reigneth,@c. R. Amen, V: Lord, hear my prayer. R: And let my cry come to thee: V. Blefs we our Lord, R. Thanks be to God. V. May the fouls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, reft in peace. R. Amen. AT THE: 5224:7 82. HOUR: Hail Mary. NCLINE tomy aid, O God. R. O Lord, make hafte to help me. Glory be to the Father, &c. Al/eluza. The H Y MN. Memento rerum Conditor, Emember, You, O gracious Lord, & Th’ eternal God's co-equal Word, In Virgin’s womb a creature made Our Nature wore for Nature’s aid. O happy Mary, chofe to be Mother of grace and clemency ! - Prote&t us at the hour of death, And bear to Heaven our parting breath. — May @ at the Sixth Hour. 43 May Age to Age for ever fing The Virgin’s Son and Angels King And praife with the Celeftial Hoft The Father, Son, and Holy Gholt. Amen, The Anth. We run after, Psatm 122. Ad te levavi. This Pfalm contains an onicelleut Prayer made to God by the Fuft, when they are opprefJed by their Enemies. T O thee have I lifted up my eyes; who dwellef{t in the Heavens. Behold, as the eyes of fervants are on the hands of their matters ; As the eyes of the band-maid on the hand of her miftrefs: fo are oureyes to our Lord God, until he have mercy onus.” Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, becaufe we are overwhelmed with contempt. Becanfe our foul is overwhelmed; being an object of reproach to fuch as abound, and of contempt to the proud. Glory be to the Father, &c. Psaum 123. Nifi guia Dominus. Ti's Pfalm appears to be a Thank{giving, which the Prophet prt into the Mouth of the Jews “after their Return from Babylon. U T that our Lord was with us, let J/rae! now fay, but that our Lord was with us. When men rofe up again{t us, perhaps they bad {wallowed us alive. } er ee When - 44 The Office of our B. Lady, When their fury was raifed againft us, perhaps the waters had fwallowed us up. Our foul has pafled through a torrent, per- haps our foul had paffed through an intale- rable water. Bleffed be our Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth. Our foul, asa fparrow, is delivered from the {nare of the fowlers. | The {nare is broken, andwe are delivered. Our help isin the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Glory be to the Father, &c. _ Psatm 124. Quiconfidunt in Domino. In this Pfalm God declares himfelf the Protector of his Peofle. of Ifrael, and promifeth to fupport them againft all their Enemies, which chiifly is to be underfiood of the Church, while comprehends the true People of God, and which our Lord has promifed to preferve to the End of the World. FEYHEY that truft in our Lord, are as mount Sion; he fhall not be moved for ever that dwells in Ferufalem. - be Mountains round about it, and our Lord round about his people, from henceforth, now, and for ever. ' Becaufe our Lord will not leave the rod of finners on the lot of the juft; that the juft ex- tend not their hands to iniquity. Do well, O Lord, to the good and right of heart. - But our Lord will bring thofe that decline to perverfe ways, with them that work ini- muity, that peace may be upon J/rael, Glory be to the Father, Xc. ai the Sixth Hour.» + 4B The Anth, We runafter the odorof thy cintments, young virgins have loved thee exceedingly. The Chapter Ecclef. 24. T Have taken root’ in an honourable peo- ple, and in the portion of my God'his in- heritance, and my abode 1s in the full ais fembly of faints. R. Thanks be to God: V. Bleffed art thou among women. R. And bléffed is the fruit of thy womb. Lord, have mercy on us. ’ Chrift, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. V- Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. : Let us pray. * Trengthen us, O God of mercy, againtt all our weaknefs: and grant that we, who celebrate the memory of the Blefied Virgin Mary, Mother of our Lord, may, by the afliftance of her prayers, forfake all our - iniguities: Through the fame Jefus Chnift — our Lord, &c. V. Lord, bear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee, °} V. Blefs we our Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the fouls of the faithful; through the mercy of God, reft.in peace, R. Amen, ye et : Ee 5 = =—- The Office of owr B, Lady, AT THE NINTH HOUR, : 3 . Hail Mary. | eaves unto my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make hafte to help me. Glory be to the Father, &c.. Alleluia. The HYMN. Memento rerum conditor, Emember, You, O gracious Lord, Th’ eternal God’s co-equal word, In Virgin’s womb a creature made, Our Nature wore for Nature's aid. O happy Mary, chofe to be | Mother of grace and clemency ! Protect us at the hour of death, And bear to Heaven our parting breath. May Age to Age for ever fing. _ The Virgin’s Son, and Angels King, And praife, with the Celeftial Hof, The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen, _. The Anth. Thou art fair. PsAtm 125. In convertendo Dominus. This Pfaln feems to relate to the Time when the Jews were brought back from the finft Captivity of Babylon, end therefore, the Author congratulates the People upon the Greatne/s of fo unexpetted a Felicity; after which he prays God to jnifh the Work he has begun, and foretells that happy Days are at laft to fucceed. ia gente ourLord turned back the cap-— VV tivity of Sion, we were made as men comforted. Then ‘was our mouth replenifhed with joy, and our tongue with joyfulnels, 3 Then at the Ninth Hour.” ° = 47 Then Shall they fay among the Genivles, the Lord has done great things for them. Our Lord has done great things for us, we are made joyful. Turn our captivity, O Lord, as a torrent in the South. | They that fow in tears fhall reap in joy- fulnefs. | - Going out, they went and wept; cafling their feed. ¥ But returning they fhall come. with joyful- nefs, carrying their fheaves, Glory be to the Father, &c, Psatm 126. Nifi Dominus. This Pfalm declares, that vain are the Labours of Men, unle/i God give Succefs to them. | F our Lord build not the houfe. they have laboured in vain that built it. If our Lord keeps not the city, he watches in vain that keeps it. | . It is in vain for you to rife before light: rife after ye have fat, you who eat the bread offorrow. . _ When he fhall give fleep to his beloved, _ behold children are an inheritance from our Lord: and the fruit ofthewomb is a reward. As arrows in the hand of the mighty, fo are the children of them that are rejected, © Blefied is the man that has filled his defire of them: he fhall not be confounded, when ‘he {hall {peak to his enemies in the gate. Glory be tothe Father, &c. Psat 48 The Cffice of our B. Lady, PsaLM.127. Beati omnes. In this Pfalm the Prophet frews, that by fearing God we be: come happy ewen in this Life, Fi rguratively as meant the Happinefs of the Church of Jefus Chrift. Leffed are all that fear our Lord, that walk in his ways. Becaufe thou fhalt eat the labours of thy hands: bleffed art thou, and it fhall be well withthee. | Thy wife, asa plentiful-vine on the fides of thy houfe. Thy children, as young plants of clive. trees, round about thy table. Behold, fo ‘fhall the man be bleffed that fears our Lord. Let our Lord blels thee aut: of Sion, and mayeft thou {ee the good things of Zerufalem all the days of thy life. Mayeft thou alfo fee thy childrens chil- dren, peace on J/rael. Glory be to the Father, Ge. The Anth. Thou art fair and comely, O daughter of Jerufalem ; terrible as the mone of an army fet in order of battle. The Chapier, Eeclef. 24. Gave an odour as cinnamon and as aro- matical balm 4 in the fireets: as chofen mye have I given the {weetnefs of odour. R. Thanks be to God. V. Thou didft remain an inviolate virgin after thy child-bearing. R. O Mother of God, make interoethort for us. Lord ~ ™ a ee ee ee ee ee at the Ninth Hour. 49 Lord, have merey on us. Chrift, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us, V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. Let us pray. Lord, we befeech thee, forgive the of- fences of thy fervants, that we, who are not able to pleafe thee, by our own a€ts, may be faved by the interceflion of the Mother of thy Sonour Lord: Through the fame fe- ’ fus Chrift thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth one God with thee, and the Holy Ghoit, world without end. Amen. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee, V. Blefs we our Lord. R. Thanks be to God. ! V. May the fouls of the faithful, thro’ the mercy of God, reftin peace. R. Amen. AT EVEN-SONG. V. FNCLINE unto my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make hafte to help me. Glory be to the Father, ce. Alleluia. The Anth. Whilfl the King was. Psaum 109. Dixit Dominus. This prophetic Pfalm, both by the Title, and by what our Sa- viour himfelf faid of it, ts certainly of David's making. It contains a Prophecy concerning the Meffias, as the Jews themfelves did own, when our Saviour confuted them out of at. It declares that the Meffas fhall fit at the Right Hand of é God, and fhall reign among ft the Nations; That his Prieft- hood fhall be eternal, That Kings fhall fall before him, and that all fhall be overeome by him, OUR 50 The Office of our B. ‘Lady, O UR Lord faid to my Lord, fit on my right hand. | Until I make thy enemies thy footftool. Our Lord will fend forth the f{ceptre of thy power from Szon; rule thou in the midft of thy enemies. | The beginning with thee in the day of thy ftrength, in the brightnefs. of the Saints: from the womb, before the day-ftar, I be- gat thee. ; ee Our Lord {wore. and he will not repent: thou art a. prieft for ever, according to the order of Melchifedec. | Our Lord on thy righthand, hath broken kings in the day of his wrath. He fhall judge in nations, he fhall fill ruins, he fhall crufh the heads in the land of many. } Of the torrent in the way he fhall drink, therefore fhall he lift up hts head. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth.. While the king was on his bed, my fweet ointment did give an odour of fweetnefs, The Anth. His left hand. “Psaum 112, Laudate pueri Dominum. This Pfalm contains an Exhortation to praife God for his Greatnefs and Glory, and above all for his Goodnefs towards the Sons of Men, in taking care even of the meancft among ft them, and raifing them fometimes to the Degree of Princes,“ as it happened in the Perfon of David himfelf/. Raife our Lord, ye children. praife the name of our Lord, *] ; The at Even-Song. BL The name of our Lord be bleffed from henceforth, now, and for ever. : From the rifing of the fun, to its going down; the name of our Lord 1 is worthy of praife. Our Lord is high abode all nations, and his glory above the Heavens, Who is like the Lord our God, that dwells on high, and beholds the humble things in Heaven and Earth. Raifing up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dung. To place him with princes, with the princes of his people. Who makes the barren woman to dwell in her houfe, a joyful mother of children. ‘ Glory be tothe Father, &c. - The Anth. His left hand is cuir my head, and his right hand fhall embrace me. The Anth.” I am black. | Psaum 122, Letatus fum. ] Rejoiced at thofe things, which were faid tome: we fhall go into the houle of the Lord. Our feet were flanding in thy courts, O Ferufalem ! Ferufalem, which is built as a city, whofe inhabitants are united together. | | For thither did the tribes afcend, the tribes | of our Lord, the teftimony of Ifrael, to praife ‘| the name of our Lord, - Becaufe 52 The Ofice-of our B. Lady, Becaufe feats fat there in judgment, feats upon the houfe of David. Afk the. things that are for the peace of Ferufalem: and abundance to them that love thee. Let peace be made in thy ftrength, and abundance in thy towers. For my brethren and my neighbours: I {poke peace of thee. For the houfe of the Lord our God; I have fought good things for thee. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. I am black, but beautiful, O Daughters of Ferujfalem ; therefore the King has loved me, and brought me into his chamber. The Anth. Winter is now palt. Psaum 126. Nifi Dominus. F our Lord builds not the houfe, they have laboured in vain that built it. If our Lord keeps not the city, he watches in vain that keeps it, It is in vain for you to rife before light : rife after ye have fat, you that eat the bread of forrow. When he fhall give fleep to his beloved: behold children are an inheritance from our Lord: and the fruit of the womb isa reward. As arrows in the hand of the mighty, fo are the children of them that are rejetted. Bleffed is the man that has filled his sg re at Even-Song. of them: he fhall not be confounded, when he fhall {peak to his enemies in the gate. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Winter is now paft, the rain is gone and departed: arife my love, and come. | , The Anth. Thou art made fair. Psaum 147- Lauda Jerufalem, This Pfalm was made when the Jews had rebuilt the Walls of Jerufalem, in praife of Goa’s Providence over allhis Creatures, and of his particular Mercy towards the Ifraelites, | () Ferufalem, praife our Lord: praife thy God, O Sion, Becaufe he has ftrengthened the locks of thy gates, he has blefied thy children in thee. Who has fet thy borders in peace: and fills thee with the fat of corn. Who fends forth his fpeech to the earth; his word runs {wiftly- ) Who gives {now as wool; {catters mifts as afhes. | He cafts his cryftal.as morfels: before the face of his cold who fhall abide ? He fhall fend forth his word, and fhall melt them : his fpirit fhall breathe, and the waters fhall flow. | Who declares his word to Facob, his juftice and judgments to J/rael. He has not done foto any nation ; and his judgments he has not made manifeft to them, Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth, Thou art made fair and fweet . in thy delicatenefs, O Holy Mother of God. CG Tc 5A The Office of our B. Lady. The Chapter, Ecclef. 24. aces the beginning, and before the world was I created, and unto the world to come I fhall not ceafe; and in the holy habitation have I miniftred before him, R. Thanks be to God. The H Y MN. Ave Maris Stella. Bre Mother of our Maker hail; Thou Virgin ever bleft, The ocean’s ftar, by which we fail, And gain the port of reft. Whilft we this Ave thus to thee From Gabriel's mouth rehearfe - Prevail, that peace our lot may be, And Eva’s name reverfe. Releafe our long entangled mind From all the {nares of ill; With heav’nly light inftu& the blind, And all our vows fulfill, Exert for us a mother’s care, And us thy children own: Prevail with him to hear our pray’r, Who chofe to be thy fon. O fpotlefs Maid! whole virtues fhine With brighteft purity : Each a€tion of our lives refine, And make us pure like thee, Preferve our lives unftain’d from iit In this infeétious way ; That Heav’n alone our Souls may fill With joys that ne'er decay. At Even-Song. , 55 To God the Father endlefs praife; To God the Son the fame; And Holy Ghoft, whofe equal rays One equal Glory claim, Amen, V. Grace is pour’d forth on thy lips. R. Therefore God has blefled thee for ever. The Anth. O Blefled Mother, {n the Time of Eafter, Anthem, Triumph, O Queen, The Song of the B. Virgin Mary, Luke 1. M Y foul does magnify our Lord. And my fpirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour. _ Becaufe he has regarded the meannefs of. his handmaid : for behold, from henceforth all generations fhall call me blefled. Becaufe he that is Mighty has done great things to me; and holy is his name. And his mercy, from generation to generze tions, is on them that fear him. | He has fhewed ftrength in his arm, he has difperfed the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has depofed the mighty from their feat, and exalted the humble. The hungry he has filled with good things, and the rich he has fent away empty. He has received ee his child, being mindful of his merc (As he fpoke to our fathers ;) to ean and his feed for ever. Glory be to the Father, &c, G 2 The 56 The Office of our B. Lady, The Anth. O Bleffed Mother, and ever Virgin, Glorious Queen of the world, make interceffion for us to our Lord. In the time of Eafter. Anth. Triumph, O Queen, &c. Page 33, Lord, have mercy on us: Chrift, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy onus, V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee, Let us pray. ORD God, we befeech thee, grant tha, we thy fervants may enjoy perpetua health of mind and body: and that, by the” glorious interceffion of the ever bleffed Vir- gin Mary, we may pafs from this prefent for- row to the enjoyment of everlafting glad. nefs: Through our Lord, Sc. Amen, For the Saints. - The Anth. All ye faints of God, vouch- fafe to make interceffion for the falvation of us, and of us all, V. Ye juft, rejoice in our Lord, aud be exceeding glad. R. And glory, all ye right of heart. ) Let us pray. Prote&t, O Lord, thy people ;. and let the confidence we have in the interceffion of thy hleffed Apoftles, Peter and Paul, and of thy other Apoftles, prevail with thee, to preferve and defend us for ever. May all thy faints, O Lord, we befeech thee, every where aflift us, that whilft we ce- lebrate their merits, we may be fenfible of their protection; Grant us thy peace in our } times, at Compltn. ‘ B7 tres, and repel all wickednefs from thy church; profperoufly guide the fleps, aétions and defires of us and all thy fervants in the way of falvation: give eternal bleflings to thofe who have done good to us, and everlafting reft to the faithful departed: Through our Lord Jefus Chrift thy Son, Sc. R. Amen. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. V. Blefs we our Lord. R. Thanks be to God. ’ V. May the fouls of the faithful, thro’ the mercy of God, reii in peace. R. Amen. AT COMP LIN. Hail Mary. ONVERT us, O God, our Saviour, R. Andturn away thy anger from us, V. Incline unto my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make hafte to help me. Glory be to the Father, Wc. Ajleluia. Psatm 128. Sepe expugnaverunt. This Pfalm foretells the Punifhments which fhall fall upon thofe who perfecute the Jujt . FTEN have they affaulted me from my youth; let Jfrael now fay. Often have they aflaulted me from my youth; but they have not. prevailed againft me. | Sinners have beaten on my back, as on an anvil; they have prolonged their iniquity. G3 Our 3 58 The Office of our B. Lady. | Our juft Lord will cut the necks of fin- ners: let all be confounded, and turned backward, that hate Sion. Let them be made as hay on the tops of houfes: which is withered before it be plucked up. Whereof the reaper fhall not fill his hand, nor he that gathers the fheaves, his bofom. And they who paffed by, faid not, the bleffing of the Lord be upon you: we have blefled you in the name of our Lord. Glory be to the Father, &c. PsautmM 129. Deprofundis, This Pfalm is an excellent Model for Sinners that implore the Mercy of the Lord: And it is particularly applied to the Church, to beg his Mercy for the Dead as well as for tke Lwwing. ROM the deep I havecried to thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my petition, — ) If thou regardeft iniquities, O Lord: Lord, who fhail hear it ? Becaufe with thee there is mercy: and be- caufe of thy law, I have waited for thee, Q Lord. My foul has trufted in his word, my fout has hoped in our Lord. From the morning watch even till. night, let [frael hope in our Lord, Becaufe with our Lord there is mercy, and with him plentiful redemption. : ) And & ai Complins = = ~—B9 And he fhall redeem J/rae! from all his iniguities. | Glory be to the Father, &c. PsALM 30. Domine non eft exaltatum. It is generally believed that David made this Pfalm, when he was accufed by Saul and hes Courtiers of ambitious Defigns to make himfelf King ; he appeals to God, that he was un- juftly accufed ,and that his Heart was free from any fuck Ambition. ORD, my heartis not exalted, nor are my eyes lofty. - Nor have I walked in great matters, nor in marvellous things above me, If 1 was not humble-minded, but exalted My foul 7 As the weaned child is for his mother, fo let it be with my foul. Let J/rael hope in our Lord, from hence- forth, now, and forever. Glory be to the Father, &c, The H¥ MN. Memento rerum Conditor. ¥» Emember, You, O gracious Lord, 4 Th’ eternal God’s co-equal Word, In Virgin’s womb a creature made Our Nature wore for Nature’s aid. O happy Mary, chofe to be ‘Mother of grace and clemency ! Proteét us at the hour of death, And bear to Heaven our parting breath. May Age to Age for ever fing “The Virgin’s Son and Angels. King Ang 60 The Office of our B. Lady, And praife with the Celeftial Hoft The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen. The Chapter, Ecclef: 24. AM the Mother of beautiful love, and of fear, and of Knowledge, and of holy hope. R. Thanks be to God V: Pray for us, Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy the ape mifes of Chrift- The Anth. Under thy aid. In the Time of Eafter, Anih. Triumph, O Queen? The Song of Simeon, Luke 2- Nee Lord, let thy fervant depart in peace, according to thy word. Becaufe my eyes have feen thy falvation. Which thou haf prepared before the face of all people. A light to enlighten the Gentiles: and for the elory of thy people Jfrael. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Under thy proteétion, we take our refuge, O holy Mother of God, defpife not our petitions in our neceffities: but ever deliver us from all dangers, O glorious and bleffed Virgin. The Anth. in the Time of Eafter. A. oe O Queen of Heav’n, to fee, Alleluia, The facred Infant born of thee, Alleluia. Return in glory from the tomb, Alleluia. And with thy Pray *1s preyent.our dooms Alleluia. Lord. in Advent, at Maitins. 61 Lord, have mercy on us. Chrift, have mercy onus. Lord,have mercy on us, V- Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee: Let us pray. E befeech thee, O Lord, that the glorious interceffion of the ever- bleffed and glorious Virgin Mary, may pro- te€tus, and bring us to life everlafting : Through our Lord Jefus Chrift, thy Son, who, &c. R. Amen. V. Lord, tear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. V. Blef& we our Lord. R. Thanks be to God. The Blefing. May the almighty and mer- ciful Lord, Father, Son, and Holy Ghoit, blefs and keep us. R. Amen. This being done, one of the refpeétive Anthems after Lauds _ ts tobe faid kneeling, with the Verficle and Prayer, in £- 33. and the Verficle (May the divine Help) decng faid, Our Father, Hail Mary, and the Creed are to be Said in fecret. RANMA L EA AMAMKA MRAM Tue OFFICE or our B. LADY. To be fard from the Even-Song of the Saturday before the firft Sunday zm Advent, tll the Even-Song of Chriftmas-Eve ? and on the Day of the Annunciation of our B, Lady. AT MATT.INS., Hail Mary. V. Pyar open my lips, R. And my mouth fhall declare thy praife. V. Incline 62 The Office of our B. Lady, _ V. Incline to my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make hafte to help me. Glory be to the Father, &c. Alleluia. ~ The Invitatory. Hail Mary, full of Grace, our Lord is with thee. gain repeat, Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee. Psatm 94. Venite exultemus. seis let us rejoice to our Lord, Jet us make joy to God our Saviour; let us approach his prefence in confeffion, and in pfalms make joy before him. Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee. For God isa great Lord, and a great King above all Gods; becaufe our Lord re- pels not his people: in his hand are all the bounds of the earth, and he beholds the heights of the mountains. 3 Our Lord is with thee. The feais his; he made it, and his hands founded the dry land; come let us adore, and fall down before God; let us lament be- fore our Lord, thet made us; becaufe he is tbe Lord our God; we are his people, and the fheep of his pafture. Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with — thee. ‘Lo day, if ye fhall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, ac- cording to the day of temptation in i Nee art, zn Adoent, at Mattins, 69 fart, where your fathers tempted me, proved and faw my works. Oar Lord is with thee. Forty years was I nigh to this generation; and faid, they always err in their heart, and have not known my ways, to whom I {ware in my wrath, if they fhall enter into my reft. Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee, - Glory be to the Father, &c, As it was in the beginning, &c. Our Lord is with thee. Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee. The HYMN, Quem Terra, Pontus, Sydera. | Bie fov’reign God, whofe hands fuftain The globe of heav’n, the earth and main, Ador’d and prais'd by each degree, Lies hid, O facred Maid, in thee. Fie whom the fun and moon obey, To whom all creatures homage pay, The judge of men and Angels doom Refides within thy Virgin womb. O happy parent, chofe to bear Thy Maker God’s eternal heir: Whole fingers fpan this earthly round, Whofe arms the whole creation bound. Bleft Maid, whom Gebriel’s voice avows The facred {pirit’s fruitful {poufe : ‘Thou giv'ft the world by human birth The moft defir'd of Heav’n and Earth. May 64 The Office of our B. Lady, May age to age for ever fing The Virgin’s Son and Angels King, And prawe with the celeftial hoft The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen: | | Thefe three Pfalms following are fatd on Sundays, Mondays i and Thurfdays, at the Noéturn, se , The Anth. Bleffed art thou, Psautm'8. Domine, Dominus nofter, Lord our Lord; how wonderful is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is lifted up above the Heavens. Out of the mouths of infants and fucklings thou haft perfected praife, becaufe of thy enemies, that thou may’ft deftroy the enemy and revenger. : | For I fhall behold the Heavens, the works of thy fingers; the moon and the flars, which thou haft founded. What is man, that thou art mindful of him; or the fon of man, that thou doft vifit — him ? , Thou haft diminifhed him a little lefs than Angels; with giory and honour thou hatt crowned him, and appointed him over the works of thy hands. : Thou haft {nbjected all things under his feet, all fheep, and oxen; and alfo the cat- tle of the field. The birds of the air, and fifhes of the fea, that walk through the paths of the fea. O Lord © in Advent, at Matiins. 65 © Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in the whole earth! Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Bleffed art thou among wo- ‘men, and bleffed is the fruit of thy womb. The Anth, Even as choice myrrh. Psaum 18, Cceli enarrant gloriam. 4 aes Heavens fet forth the glory of God, and the firmament declares the works of his hands. © The day publifhes his word to the day, and night difcovers the knowledge of him to the night. | It is not a language, nor fpeech, whofe voices may not be heard. Their found has gone forth into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the earth. | He has put his tabernacle in the Sun, and himfelf as a bridegroom coming forth of | his chamber. me : He has rejoiced as a giant, to run the way: his coming forth is from the higheit | Heaven. | | And his courfe, even to the top thereof, | nor is there any that can hide himfelf fro | his heat. . a | The Law of our Lord is without fpot, | converting fouls; the teltimony of our Lord. | is faithful, giving wifdom to little ones. | - The juftice of our Lord is right, making hearts 65 The Office of our B. Lady, hearts joyful: the precept of our Lord is full of light, enlightning the eyes. The Fear of our Lord is holy, abiding for ever and ever : The judgments of our Lord are true, guftified in themfelves. To be defired above gold, and precious {tone ; and more {weet than honey, and the honey-comb. For thy Servant keeps them; in keeping them there is great reward. Sins who underftand? From my _ fecret fins cleanfe me, and from other mens fins {pare thy fervant. If they fhall not have dominion over me, then fhall I be without fpot, and be cleanled from the greateft fin. And the words of my mouth fhall be pleafing to thee, and the meditation of my heart be alwaysin thy fight. O Lord, my helper and Redeemer. Glory, be.to the Father, &c. The Anth. Even as choice myrrh, thou gavel the odour of fweetnefs, O holy Mother of God, The Anth. Before the bed. . PsaumM 23. Domini eft Terra, H E earth is our Lord’s and the fulnefs thereof; the whole world, and al! that dwell therein. Becaufe he has founded it on the fea and on the floods has prepared it. Wha in Advent, at Mattins. 67 Who fhall afcend into the mount of our Lord? Or who fhall fland in his holy place? The innocent of hands, and clean of heart, that has not taken his foul in vain, nor de- ceitfully [worn to his neighbour. He fhall receive a blefling of our Lord, and mercy of God his Saviour. This is the generation of them that feek him, of them that feek the face of the God of Facob. _ Lift up your gates, ye Princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates; and the King of Glory fhall enter in. Who is the King of Glory? Our Lord, {trong and mighty, our Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your gates, ye Princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates, and the King of Glory fhall enter in. Who is the King of Glory? The Lord of Power, he is the King of Glory. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Before the Bed of this Virgin repeat to us {weet fongs of meafure. ; _V. Grace is poured forth on thy lips. R. Therefore God has bleffed thee for ever. QOur Father, &c. prah The Abjolution. By the prayers and merits, Gc. as followeth Page 75. with the reft. Thefe three Plalms following are feid on Tuefday and . Friday, at the Nogturn, The Anih. In thy beauty. Bis He PsALM €8 ‘The Office of our B. Lady, Psatm 44. Erutavit cor meum. M Y Heart has {poke a good word; ¥ tell my works to the King. My tongue is the pen of a writer, that writes {wiftly. | Moft beautiful amongft the fons of men, ~ gtace is poured out on thy lips, therefore has — God bleffed thee for ever. | | Be girded with thy fword upon thy thigh, O moft mighty. In thy beauty and comelinefs go on, ade vance profperoufly and reign. ! Becaufe of thy truth, mildnefs and juftices and the condu& of thy right hand fhall be wonderful. Thy fharp arrows into the hearts of the King’s enemies; the people fiaall fall under thee. Thy feat, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of thy kingdom is a rod of equity. _ Thou haft loved juftice, and hated ini- quity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladnefs above thy fel- _ Jows. Myrrh and aloes, and caffia from thy gar- ments, from houfes of ivory, where the daughters of Kings have delighted thee in thy honours | The Queen ftood on thy right band in golden robes, fet round with variety. Hear, Daughter, and fee, incline thy ear, and in Advent, at Matiins 65 and forget thy people, and the houfe of thy Father. And the King will be enamoured with thy beauty, becaufe he is the Lord thy God, and they fhall adore him. And the Daughters of Tyre, all the rich of the people, with offerings {hall pray to thee. All the glory of the King’s Daughter is from within; in borders of gold, cloathed about. with.varieties. : Virgins fhall be brought to the King after her, her neigbours fhall be brought to thee. _ They fhall be brought in joy and rejoic-~ ing; they fhall be brought into the temple of the King. | Inftead of thy Fathers, there are born Sons to thee; thou fhalt make them Princes over all the earth, » They fhall be mindful of thy name from generation to generation. Therefore fhall people praife thee for eyer, world without end. . Glory be to the Father, &e, The Anth. In thy beauty and comelinefs, “go on, advance profperoufly and reign. The Anih, God will help her, ; Psarm 45. Deus nofter Refugium: Cus God is a refuge and ftrength, a helper in the tribulations; which have fallen upon. us in great number, Therefore we will not fear; when the earth H 2 bees thal} Y 40 The Cfice of our B. Lady, | fhall be troubled, and mountains be tran{- 4 ported i into the midft of the fea. The waters made a noife, and were troubled; the mountains were troubled in his ftrength. The ftrong current of a river rejoices the city of God; the higheft has fanttified his, tabernacle. God is inthe midft thereof, it fhall not be moved; God will help it in the morning early. Nations are troubled, and kingdoms are made to ftoop: he raifed his voice, and the earth was moved. The Lord of Holts is with us, the Gad of Facob is our defender. Come, and fee the works of our Lord, what wonders he has done in the earth: making wars to ceafe, even to the end of the earth. He fhall deftroy the bow, and bredk's WER pons; and fhields he fhall burn with fire. — Attend and fee that I am God; I {hall be exalted among the Gentiles, I fhall be ex salted in the earth, The Lord of Hofts is with us, the God of © Facob is our defender. Glory be to the Father, &e. The Anth. God will help her with his countenance: God is in the midf- of hes, ~ fhe shall not be moved. a he Anth. A habitation is in thee. Psalm | in Advent, at Mattins. oF Psatm 86. Fandamenta ejus. WHE foundation thereof, in the holy | mountains; our Lord loves the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob. ~ Glorious things are faid of thee, O city of God. aes , I will be mindful of Rahab and Babylon, knowing me. Behold the ftrangers and Tyre, and the people of the Hihiopians : Thefe were there. Shall a man fay to Szon, that a man is born in her, who being the higheft founded he r. Our Lord will declare it in the regifter of thofe people, and of princes that have been in her. | A habitation is in thee, as it were of all thofe who rejoice. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. A habitation is in thee, as it ‘were of all us who rejoice, O holy Mother of God. V. Grace is poured out onthy lips, R. Therefore God has blefled thee for ever, Our Father, &c, : bigs The Abfolution. By the prayers and me. rits, as follows Page 76. with the refi. Thefe three Pfalms are to be faid on Wednefday and Saturday, at the No€turn, ‘The Anth. Rejoice, O Virgin Mary. Psatm 95. Cantate Domino. @ ING toour Lord a new fong, fing to our Lord all the earth, | Ae LIFTS TEL IIT TE EL Te aS Panel —_7 - PRICE ES MER aE TR Sing ; 92 The Office of our B. Lady, Sing to our Lord, and blefs his name $ declare his falvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the Gentiles, his wonderful works in all nations. : _ Becaufe our Lord is great, and maft wor- thy of praife ; he is terrible above all Gods. Becaule all the Gods of the Gentiles are Devils; but our Lord made the Heavens, Praife and beauty in his Sight, holinefs and magnificence in his fan&tification. Bring to our Lord, ye countries of Gen- ules, bring to our Lord glory and honour ; bring to our Lord the glory of his name. Take facrifice, and enter into his courts : Adore our. Lord in his holy courts. Let all the earth be moved before his face: fay among the Gentiles, our Lord hath reigned. ° For he has corretted: the whole world, which fhall not be moved; he will judge people with equity. -Let the Heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice ; let the fea be moved, and the fulnefs thereof: the fields fhall be glad, and all things that are in them, RA: se Then fhall all the trees of the woods re- joice before the face of our Lord, becaufe he comes, becaufe he comes to. judge the earth, — : He will judge the earth in equity, and people in his truth, Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Rejoice, OQ Virgin Mary, thou alone in Advent, at Mattins. 7% alone haft deftroyed all herefies in the whole world, The Anth, Vouchfafe, PsAuM 96. Dominus regnavit. UR Lord has reigned; let the earth: rejoice, let many iflands be glad. A cloud and darknefs is round about bim: juftice and judgment is the corre€tion of his feat. ; Fire fhall go before him, and fhall burn his enemies round about. His lightning fhined to. the whole earth 5. the earth faw, and was moved. : The mountains melted as wax before the face of our Lord: before the face of our Lord all the earth. The heavens have declared his juftice, and all people have {een his glory. Let them all be confounded, that adore ~ graven things; and that glory in their idols. Adore him, all ye his Angels: Sion heard, and was glad. _ . Andthe daughters of Fuda rejoiced ; be- caule of thy judgments, O. Lord. Becaufe thou, Lord, art. moft high over all the earth: thou art highly exalted above all Gods, You, who love our Lord, hate evil: our Lord keeps the fouls of his faints; outof the hands of the finner he will deliver them. _ Light is rifen to the juft, and joy to, the right of heart, — ; : Be. 74 ‘The Office of our B. Lady, Be glad, ye juft, in our Lord; and confefs to the memory of his fan&tification. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, &c, The Anth. Vouchfafe that I may praife thee, O facred Virgin: give me force againft thy enemies, | The Anth. The Angel of our Lerd. Psarm 97. Cantate Domino. ING to our Lord a new fong, becaufe he has done wonderful things. | His right hand and his holy arm have wrought falvation to himfelf. Our Lord has made known his falvation ; in the fight of the Gentiles, he has revealed his juftice. He has remembred his mercy, and his ‘truth, to the houfe of J/rael. All the ends of the earth have feen the falvation of our God. Make ye joy to God, all the earth; fing and rejoice, and fing palms. : Sing to our Lord on the harp; on the harp, and with voice of pfalm, ou the trum- pets of metal, and with the voice of the trumpet of horn, + Make joy in the fight of the King our Lord; let the fea be moved, and the fulnefs thereof, the earth, and they that dwell therein, _ The rivers fhall applaud, the mountains likewile fhall rejoice at the fight of our Lord, becaufe he comes to judge the earth. ‘ | e in Advent, at Matiins. "S He will judge the earth in juftice, and the cople in equity.» : i Glory 4 to oe Father. Ge. The Anth. The Angel of our Lord dow clared unto Mary, and fhe conceived by the Holy Ghoft. alleluza. V. Grace is pour’d forth on thy lips. R. Therefore God has bleffed thee for ever. Our Father, &c. V. And lead us not into temptation. R. But deliver us from-evil. The Abfolution. + the prayers and merits of the ever bleffed Virgin Mary, and of all the Saints, may our Lord conduét us to the kingdom of heaven. R- Amen. V. Father, vouchfafe us a bleffing. The Bleffing. May the Virgin Mary, with her pious Son, blefs us. R- Amen. The Firft Leffon. Luke. 1. ay HE Angel Gabriel was fent of God, into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a Virgin efpoufed to a man, whofe name was Fofeph, of the houfe of David; and the Virgin’s name was Mary. And the Angel being enered in, faid to her, Hail, full of grace, our Lord is with thee, bleffed art thou among women. But thou O Lord, have mercy onus. R. Thanks be to God. R. The Angel Gabriel was fent to Mary, a Virgin efpoufed to Fofeph, fhewing to her _ the word: and the Virgin is furprized at tbs light : 976 The Office of our B. Lady. ; light : fear not Mary , thou haft found grace — with our Lord: behold, thou, fhalt conceive, and bring forth, and he fhall be called the Son of the moft High. , ‘V. Our Lord will give him the feat of © David his Father, and he fhall-reign in the houfe of Facob for ever. Behold, thou fhait conceive, and bring forth, and he {hall be called the Son of the moft High. V. Father, vouchfafe us a bleffing. The Bleffing. May the Virgin of Virgins make interceflion for us-to our Lord. R. Amen. | The Second Leffon. | H_ O having heard, was troubled at his faying, and thought what manner ~ of Salutation this fhould be. Andthe Angel — faid to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou haft — found grace with God, behold thou fhalt — conceive in thy womb, and fhalt bear a Son, © and thou fhalt call his name Fe/us. He fhall be great, and fhall be called the Son of the Mott High: and our Lord God will give him the feat of Dawvd his Father, and he fhall reign in the houfe of Jacob for ever ; and of his kingdom there fhall be no end. But thou, — © Lord, have mercy on us. R, Thanks be to God. R. Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord — is with thee. The Holy Ghoft fhall come upon thee, and the power of the Moft High — fhall overfhadow thee: for that, which of — thee in Advent, at Mattins. O° thee thall be born holy, fhall be called the Son‘of God. V. How fhall this be done; becaufe I know not man? And the Angel anfwering, faid to her, the Holy Ghoft fhall come upon thee, and the power of the moft High fhall overfhadow thee : for that, which ‘of thee fhall be born holy, fhall be called the \Son of God. | VV. Father, vouchfafe us a bleffing. | The Bleffing. May our Lord, through: his |Virgin-Mother’s interceflion, grant us falva- jtion and peace. R. Amen. | The Third Leffon. , ND Mary faid to the Angel, How fhall this be done, becaufe I know not man? nd the Angel anfwering, faid to her, the oly Ghoft fhall come upon thee, and the ower of the Moft High fhall overfhadow ‘thee; and therefore alfo that, which of thee fhall be born holy, fhall be called the Son of (God, And, behold Elizabeth thy coufin, fhe hifo has conceived a fon in her old-age; and this month is the fixth to her, that is called barren, becaufe there fhall not be any word -impoffible to God. And Mary faid, Behold he handmaid of our Lord, be it done to me “According to thy word. But thou, O Lord, lave mercy on us. R. Thanks be to God. | R. Receive, O Virgin Mary, the word, Which is brought to thee from our Lord, by the Angel; thou fhalt conceive and bring | I forth Vs a a a Oe ee initiate: »8 ° The Office of our B. Lady, forth beth God, and likewife Man, that thou mayelt- be called blefled among all women, V. Thou fhalt bring forth a fon, and fuf- fer no detriment of thy virginity; ‘thou fhalt. become with child, and be a Mother ever untouched, that thou mayeft be called blef- fed among all women. ; Vv. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghoft. That thou mayeft be called blefled among all women, Bet) ak a NCLINE unto my aid, O God. O Lord, make hafte to help me. Hila y be to the Father, &c. As it wasin, &c. Alleluia: The Anth, The Angel. * Psawtm 92. Dominus regnavit. 4 UR Lord has reigned, he has put om beauty: our Lord has put on flrength, 7 and girded himfelf. x For he has eftablifhed the globe of the earth, which fhall not be moved. 4 From that time was thy feat prepared, | thou art from eternity. | The rivers, O Lord, have lifted up: the rivers have lifted up their voice. The rivers have lifted up their waves from the voice of many waters. Marvellous are the rifings of the feaz marvellous is our Lord on high. ay im Advent, at Lauds. 79 Thy teftimonies are made very credible: holinefs becomes thy houfe, O Lord, for length of days- Glory be to the Father, @c, The Anth. The Angel Gabriel was fent to | Mary, a Virgin efpoufed to Fofeph. | The Anth. Hail Mary. PsatM 9g. Jubilate Deo. AKE yejoy to God, all the Earth, ferve our Lord in gladnels. Enter in before his fight with joy. Know, that the Lord is God; he made us, and not we ourfelves. ‘His people, and the fheep of his pafture, enter into his gates in confeffion, his courts with hymns ; confefs ye to him. Praife his name, becaufe our Lord is fw eet, his mercy for ever, and his truth, even from generation to generation, ‘Glory be to the Father, &c. » - The Anth. Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee; blefled art thou among women J4lleluza. The Anth. Fear not, Mary. PsaLm 62, Deus Deus meus, ad te ss Lup ce vigilo. God my God: to thee I watch: from the morning light. ‘My foul has thirfted after thee: ay flefh alfo very many ways. : a I2- . As 80 The Office of our B. Lady, | As ina defart land, and inacceffible, and « without water: fo in the holy place have I appeared to thee, that I might behold thy {trength and thy glory. Becaufe thy mercy is better than life, my lips fhall praife thee. So will 1 blefs thee in my life, and in thy name I will liftup my hands. As with marrow and fatnefs let my foul be filled, and my mouth fhall praife with lips of oy: | If I have been mindful of thee on my bed; in the morning I will meditate on thee, becaufe thou haft been my helper. And under the cover of thy wings I will rejoice, my foul has cleaved after thee; thy xight hand has taken me under its proteftion. - But they in vain have fought my foul, they fhall enter into the lower parts of the — earth ; they fhall be delivered into the power _ of the {word ; they fhall be the portions of | foxes. | But the King fhall rejoice in God, all fhall be prailed, that {wear on him; becaufe the mouth of thofe that {peak wicked things is {topped. | Psaim. 66. Deus mifereatur noftri. (> OD, have mercy on us, and blefs us, | caufe his countenance to fhine upon us, and have mercy on us, : That we may know thy way, on earth; thy falvation, in all nations, Let | } - in Advent, at Lauds, — Sy Let people, O God, confefs to thee, let. all people praife thee, Let nations be glad, and rejoice, becaufe thou judgeft people with equity, and direfielt — the nations on the earth. | Let people, O God, confefs to thee: let all people praife thee: the earth has yielded her fruit. May God, our God, blefs us; may God blefs us, and may all the ends of the eartht fear him. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Fear not, Mary, thou haft found grace with our Lord; behold, thou fhalt conceive and bring fortha fon. Alleluia The Anth. Our Lord. The Song of the Three Childe en. Dan. 2: LL the works of our Lord blefs our Lord ; praife and extol him for ever. Blefs our Lord, ye Angels of our Lord ; ye heavens, blefs our Lord. _ All waters, that are above the heavens, blefs ye our Lord ; biefs our Lord, all ye powers of our Lord. Sun and moon Diefs our Lord; ftars of heaven blefs our Lord. Showers and dew blefs our Lord; all {pirits of God blefs our Lord. Fire and heat blefs our Lord: cold and fummer blefs our Lord. Dews and hoary froft blefs our Lord; froit and cold blefs our Lord. I 3 Ice So = The Office of our B. Lady, Ice and inow blefs our Lord; nights and ; days blefs our Lord. Light and darknefs blefs our Lord; light- — wings anc clouds blefs our Lord. Let the earth blefs our Lord ; let it praife. and extol bim for ever. Mountains and hills blefs our Lord; all Shings that {pring in the earth blefs our Lord. — Blefs our Lord ye fountains ; feas and rie © yers blefs our Lord. Whales, and all that move in the waters, — blefs our Lord ; blefs our, Lord all ye fowls — of the air, All beafts.and. cattle blefs our Lord;. fons. of men blefs our Lord. Let J/rael blefs our Lord; praife and ex- tol him for ever. 3 Priefisof oun Lord blefs our Lord; fer- . Vants of our Lord blefs our Lord. Spiritsand fouls of the juft blefs our Lord; ye holy and humble of heart blefs our Lord. © _ Anamas, Azarias, Mifacl, blels our Lords. pralfe and extol him for ever. Let us blefs the Father and the Son, with the Holy Ghoft;. let us praife and magnify him for ever. Bieiled art thou, Lord, in the firmament — of heaven; aud praifed, and glorified, and extolled for ever. , The Anth. Our Lord will give him the feat of David his Father,andhe fhall reign forever. _ The Anth. Behold the Handmaid of our -Lord. | Psat in Advent, at Lauds, B> Psat 148- Laudate Dominum de Ceelis. RAISE our Lord from. the heavens,. praife him in the high places. Praife him all his Angels, praife him all his powers. Praife him fun and moon, praife him all ye flars and light. Praife him, O heavens of heavens, and let _ the waters, that are above the heavens, praile the name of our Lord. ; Becaufe he fpake, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created. | He eftablifhed them for ever, world witha | outend: he made a precept, and it fhall.noe | be annulled. | | inte | Praife our Lord from the earth, ye dra+ | -gons, and all depths. | Fire, bail, fmow, ice, tempeftuous winds; | which obey his word. | Mountains and all hills, trees that bear | Fruit, and all cedars, | — Beafts and all cattle: ferpents and winged. ) fowls. : | — Kings of the earth, and all people, princes, | sand all judges of the earth. ik} | Young men and virgins, the old with the | young; let them praife the name of -our | Lord, becaufe his name alone is exalted. | The confeflion of him is above heaven | and earth,-and he has exalted the horn of his ‘| people. | t A bymn to all his faints, to the fons of \| dfrael; a people that approaches to him, PsALM 84- The Office of our B. Lady. PsaLM 149. ING toour Lord anew fong, let his _ praife be in the church of faints. Let /frael be joyful in him that made him, and the children of Szon rgoice in their King. Let them praife his name in choir: on timbrel and pfalter let them fing to him. Becaufe our Lord is well pleafed with his people, and he will exalt the meek to falva- tion. The faints fhall rejoice in g glory, they fhali be joyful in their beds. ‘The praifeof God fhall be in theirmouths, and two-edged {words in their hands. To execute revenge on the nations, chaf- tifements among the people. To bind their kings in fetters, and their noblesin chains of iron. That they may execute on them the judg- © ment that is written: this glory is to all bis — faints. Psatm 120. Laudate Dominum in San@is, RAISE our Lord in his faints, praife — him in the firmament of his firength, Praife him in his powers, praife him ac« cordingto ihe multitude of his greatneds. >, ped Praife him in the found of trumpet, praife — him on the plalier and harp. Praife him on :imbrel, and in choir, praife him on firings and organs, Praife t in Advent, at Lauds. es Praife him on well-founding cymbals, | praife him on cymbals of joy, let every {pirit praife our Lord. | Glory be tothe Father, &c. The Anth. Behold the handmaid of our Lord; be jt to me, according to thy word. The Chapter, Vaiah 11. Rod fhall come forth of the root of Feffe, and: a flower fhall rife up out of his root, and the Spirit of our Lord fhall reft upon him, . R. Thanks be to God. The HY MN. 0 gloriofa Virginum. C) Mary ! whilft thy Maker bleft Is nourifh’d at thy Virgin breaft, Such glory fhines, that ftars lefs bright Behold thy face, and lofe their light. The lofs that man in Eve deplores, Thy fruitful womb in Chrift reftores, And makes the way to Heaven free For them that mourn, to follow thee. By thee the Heavenly gates difplay And fhew the light of endlefs day : _ Sing, ranfom’d nations, fing and own, Your ranfom was a Virgin’s Son. May age to age for ever fing _ The Virgin’s Son and Angels King, And praife with the celeftial hoft The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen. V. Bleffed art thou among women. R. And bleffed is the fruit of thy womb, The Anth. The Holy Ghoft, a : The 86 The Office of our B. Lady, The Song of Zach. Luke 1- |S fewsoene be our Lord God of Jfraef, becaufe he has vifited: and wrought the redemption of his people. And raifed up a kingdom of falvation to us, in the houfe of Dawid, his fervant. As he {poke by the mouth of his holy prophets, that are from the beginning. Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand.of all that hate us. To work mercy with our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant. The oath, which he fw ore io Abraham our: father; that be would grant to us. That without fear, being delivered from the hand four enemies, we may ferve him. In holinefs and juftice before him all our . days. | dad thou, child, fhalt be called. the Pro- phet of the Higheft; for thou fhalt go before the face of our Lord, to prepare his ways. — To give knowledge of falvation to his people; for re miffion of their fins. Through the bowels of the mercy of our God; in which the rifing fun from on high has vifited us. To enlighten them that fit in darknefs, and in the fhadow of death: to direét our feet in the way of peace. | _ Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. The Holy Ghoft fhall defcend upon thee, O Mary; fear not, thou er | , ave in Advent, at Lauds. 87 have in thy womb the Son of God. Alleluia. Lord, have mercy-on us. Chrift, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come tothee. : | Let us pray. ‘God, who wouldeft have thy word take \ JF flefh inthe womb of the bleffed Virgin Mary, acording to the declaration of. the _ Angel; grant us thy fuppliants, that we, who truly believe her to be the Mother of God, may find favour. with thee, by her inter. €eflfion: Through the fame Chrift our Lord, Amen. | For the Saints at Lauds and at Even Song only. The Anth, Behold our Lord fhall come, and all his Saints with him, and there fhall be in that day a great light. Alleluca, V. Behold our Lord fhall appear on a white cloud. | R. And with him thoufands of Saints, | Let us pray. pre O Lord, we befeech thee, our # confciences by thy vifit ; that at the arri- —val of our Lord Jefus Chrift with all his faints, he my find in us a dwelling ready for his reception: who liveth and reigneth one God, with thee, and the Holy Ghoft, _ world without end. — R. Amen. _V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. Andiet my cry come to thee, | ~ Vz. Blefs 88 The Office of our B, Lady, V. Blefs we our Lord. R. Thanks be to God. | V. May the fouls of the faithful, thro’ the mercy of God, reftin peace. R. Amen, of the Office ends here, the Anthem, Verficle, and Prayer JSollowing are to be faid: elf2, if another Hour follows, — in the end of the laft hour, fay, Our Father, wholly in “Secret. V. May our Lord give us his peace. R. And life everlafting, men, That done, the Anthem following is tobe faid Kneeling. The Anthem. Alna Redemptoris Mater YD Right parent of our Lord, whofe pray’rs difplay AJ The Heav’nly Gates : whofe light direéts our way 3 Bright-ocean’s flar, with facred influence guide Our firaggling courfe in fpite of nature’s tide. Thou in whom nature ftood amaz'd to fee Both God and Man, thy Maker born of thee ; In whom alone the Maid and Mother meet, Remember finners at thy Infant's feet. V. The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary. | _R, And fhe conceived by the Holy Ghoft. | Let us pray. Lord, we befeech thee, pour forth in- to our hearts thy grace ; that we, who, _by the meflage of the Angel, have known the incarnation of thy fon Chrift, may, by his - paffion and crofs, be brought to the glory of his refurre€tion: Thro’ the fame Chrift our Lord. R. Amen. V. May the divine help always remain with us. R. Amen, At an Advent, at Prime. $3 AT PORE hy EK. Hail Mary. VY. YNCLINE unto my aid, O God. & R.O Lord, make hafte to help me. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c. The HYMN. Memento rerum Conditor, - Emember, You, O gracious Lord, R Th’ eternal God’s co-equal Word, In Virgin’s womb a creature made Our Nature wore for Nature’s aid. O happy Mary, chofe to be Mother of grace and clemency! Proteét us at the hour of death, And bear to Heaven our parting breath. May Age to Age for ever fing The Virgin’s Son and Angels King And praife with the Celeftial Holt The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, Amen, The Anth. The Angel Gabriel. PsauM 53- Deus in nomine tuo, QO God, fave me by thy name, and by thy ftrength judge me. _ OGod, hear my prayers; with thy ears receive the words of my mouth. a Becaufe ftrangers have rifen up againft me, and the flrong have fought my foul: and they have not fet God before their eyes. - For behold, God helps me, and our Lord is the prote€tor of my foul. _ Turn away the evils to my enemies, and in thy truth deftroy them. K I will 30 = The ~Office of our B. Lady. I will freely facrifice to thee, and will confefs.to. thy name, O Lord, becaule it is good. . Becaufe thou haft Boered me out of all tribulation; and my eyes have loaked down “upon my enemies. | Glory be to the Father, &c. PsaLM 84: Benedixifti Domine. ‘ O Lord, thou haft bleffed thy land<_ thou haft turned away the captivity © Of Facob. . 4 Thou haft forgiven the imiquity of thys people, thou haft covered all their fins. Thou haft moderated all thy wrath, thou haft turned away from the wrath of thy ins dignation, - é Convert us, O God our Saviour, and” turn away thy anger from us. : Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Or wiltthou extend thy wrath from genera- tion to generation ? . O God, thou tielng reconciled, fhalt. quicken us, and thy people fhall “rejoice in thee: ii Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy, and give us. thy falvation. | : I will hear what our Lord God fhall foeald i in me, Decaule he will fpeak peace to his” | people. : And to his (ints, and to them that are converted to the heart. : But his falvation is near to them that . ~ fear in Advent, at Prune. Qt \fear him, that glory may inhabit our | land. Mercy and truth have met each other, | juftice and peace have kiffed. Truth is rifen out of the earth, and juftice | has looked-down from heaven. : - For our Lord will give plenty, and our | land: fhall-yield its fruit. Juftice fhall.walk before him, and fet her | fteps in the way. | Glory beto the Father. @c, Psatm 116. Laudate Dominum. RAISE our Lord ail Gentiles, praife him all people. — . _ Becaufe his mercy is confirmed on us, and his truth remains for ever. Glory be tothe Father, &c. The Anth. The Angel Gabriel was fent to Mary, a Virgin efpoufed to Féfeph. The Chapter, Yfa- 7. EHOLD a Virgin fhall conceive, and bring forth a Son, and his name fhall be called Emmanvetn; -he -fhall eat~ but- ter and honey, that,he may know to refulé evil, and chufe good. | R. Thanks be to God. V. Vouchfafe that I may praife thee, O facred Virgin. R. Give me force againft thy enemies. Lord, -have mercy on us. Chrift, have /mercy onus. Lord, have mercy on us. — V. Lord, hear my prayer.” K 2 R. And o2 The Office of owr B. Lady, R. And let my cry come to thee. Let us pray. God, who wouldeft have thy word take flefh in the womb of the bleffed Virgin Mary, acording to the declaration of the Angel; grant us thy fuppliants, that we, wha — truly believe her to be the Mother of God, may find favour with thee, by her inter-— ceffion Through the fame Chrift our Lord,” R. Amen. | V- Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee: _V. Blefs we our Lord. | RK. Thanks be to God. “Se V. May the fouls of the faithful, through the mercy of God; reft in peace. R. Anien, AT THE THIRD HOUR. Hail Mary. FNCLINE unto my aid, O God. 4& R. O Lord, make hafte to help me- Glory be tothe Father, &e- The H Y MN. Memento rerum conditor. “¥> Emember, You, O gracious Lord, : ste. ‘Th’ eternal God’s co-equal word, In Virgin’s womb a creature made, Cur Nature wore for Nature’s aid. O happy Mary, chofe to be Mother of grace and clemency ! Proteé us at the hour of death, And beat to Heaven our parting breath. in Advent, at the Third Hour, 93 May Age to Age for ever fing The Virgin’s Son, and Angels King, And praife, with the Celeftial Hoft, | The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen. - The Anth, Hail Mary. Psatm 119. Ad Dominum cum tribularer. HEN I was in tribulation, I cried to our Lord, and he heard me. _ | Lord, deliver my foul from unjuf lips, | and from a deceitful tongue. What will be given, or what recompence can be made fora deceitful tongue ? The fharp arrows of the mighty, with coals . of defolation. Woe is me, that my banifhment is pro- longed: I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar, my foul has been long a ftranger. With them that hated peace, J was pea- ceable: when I fpoke to them, they oppo- fed me without caufe, Glory be tothe Father, &c. Psat 120, Levavi oculos meos. Have lifted up my eyes to the moun- tains, from whence help fhali come to me My help is from our Lord, who made heaven and earth. Let him not fuffer thy foot to be moved, nor let him flumber that keeps thee. Lo, he fhall not pominapen nor fleep, that “Keeps Ufraele Kg . Our 64 The Office of our B. Lady, Our Lord keeps thee, our Lofd is hye proteélion, on thy right hand, By day the fun fhall not burn thee, nor — the moon by night. Our Lord keeps thee from all evil, may our Lord keep thy foul | Let our Lord. keep thy coming in, and~ thy going out; from henceforth, now, and_ for ever. : ' Glory be to the Father, &e, Psat 121. Letatus fum. iz I Rejoiced at thofe things, which were : ‘ A faid to me; we fhall go into the houfe of ' the Lord. Our feet were ftanding in thy courts, Oo Ferujfalem. : : Ferufalem, which is built as a city, whofe jnhabitants are united together. 4 For thither did the tribes afcend, the vibes . of our Lord, the teflimony of J/r anid, praife the name of our Lord. i Becaule feats fat there in judginent, feats upon the houle of David. ) Afk the things ‘that ‘are/for ‘the peace of Fer ufalem, and abundance to them that lov c thee. 4 Let peace be made in ms flrength, and , abundance in thy towers. For my brethren, and my neighbours, I {poke peace of thee. For ‘the ‘houle%of the! Lord ctr God, Li have fought good things for thee. ‘Glory be to the Father, &c, The” in Advent, at the Third Hour. 9 The Anth. Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee, bleffed art thou among women. Alleluia. The Chapter, Uaiah 11. Rod fhall come forth of the Root of Feffe, and a flower fhall rife up out of his Root, and the fpirit of our Lord thall reft upon him. R. Thanks be to God. 4 Grace is poured forth on thy lips. . Therefore God has bleffed thee for ever. Lord, have mercy on us. Chrift, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us, V. O Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee, Let us pray. O God, who wouldeft have thy word uke fiefh in the womb of the bleffed Virgin Mary, according to the declaration of the Angel, grant us, thy fuppliants, that we, who truly believe her to be the Mother of ‘Cha may find favour with thee, by her intercef- fion: ‘Yhrough the fame Chrift our Lord, R. Amen. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. Anddet my cry come to thee.» Y. Blels we our Lord. R, Thanks:be to God. _ V. May the fouls of the faithfal; thibugh ‘@he mercy of God, reft in peace, R, Amen, AT 96 The Office of our B. Lady, AT THE: SiAPH: BO UR Hail Mary. NCLINE unto my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make hafte to help me. Glory be te the Father, &c. Allehua. The HYMN. -Memento rerum Conditor. { Ree You, O gracious Lord, Th’ eternal God's co: equal word, In Virgin's womb a creature made, Our Nature wore for Nature’s aid. O happy Mary, chofe to be ' Mother of grace and clemency ! Proteét us at the hour of death. And bear to Heav’n our parting breath. -May Age to Age for ever fing The Virgin’s Son and Angels King, _And praife with the Celeftial Hoft The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen. ¥ The Anth. Fear not, Mary. PsALM 122. Ad te levavi. “ae thee have I lifted up my eyes; who dwelleft in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of fervants are on the bands of their matters ; As the eyes of ake hand-maid on) the hands of her miftrefs: fo are our eyes to our Lord God, until he have mercy on us. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, becaufe we are overwhelmed with contempt: Becaufle our foul is overwhelmed ; be= | ing a = a oe in Advent, at the Sixth Hour. 9% | ing an obje€&t of reproach to fuch as a bound, and ofcontempt to the proud, Glory be tothe Father, Ge. Psaum 129. Nifi quia Dominus, 1) UT that our Lord was with us, let | Lfrael now fay, but that our Lord was } with us, | When men rofe up againft us, perhaps | they had fwallowed us alive. | When their fury was raifed againft us, | perhaps the waters had fwallowed us up. Our foul has paffed through a torrent, | perhaps our foul had paffed through an in- | tolerable water. | | — Bleffed be our Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth. Our foul, as a f{partow, is delivered from the {nare of the fowlers. The fhare is broken, and we are delivered. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth, Glory be to the Father, &c. Psatm 124. Quiconfidunt in Domino. HEY that truft in our Lord, are as mount Szon; he fhall not be moved for ever that dwells in Jerufalem. | Mountains round about it, and our Lord round about his people, from henceforth, now, and for ever. Becaufe our Lord will not leave the rod . 7 8 The Office of our B. Lady,. | of finmers onthe lot of the juft; that the jut extend not their hands to iniquity. Do well, O Lord, to the good and right of heaft. But our Lord will bring thofe that dee _eline to perverfe ways, with them.that work sig that peace may be upon J/rael,. Glory be to the Father, &c. . The Anth. Fear not, Mary, thou haft” found grace with our Lord: behold, thou — fhalt: conceive, and bring forth a Son. Ale” leluia. + - ‘The Chapter, Luke 1. y CUR Lord God will give him the feat of David his Father, and he fhall reign in : the houfe of 7acod for ever, and of his king- i dom fhall be no end. R. Thanks be to God, V. Blefled art thou among women. f R. And bleffed is the fruit ofthy womb. — Lord, have mercy on us. Chrift, have” mercy on us. Lord,have mercy onus, ~ V. Lord, hear my prayer. . R. And let my cry come to thee. Let us pray. q God, who wouldeft have thy word take ef flefh in the womb of the bleffed Vir- : gin Mary, according to the declaration of 4 the Angel; grantus, thy fuppliants, that we, — who truly believe her tobe the Mother of God, may find favour with thee, by her in-— -terceffion: Thro’ the fame Chrift our Lord, | -R, Amen, § § Lord, , tn Advent, at the Ninth Hour. 99 _ V. Lord, hear my prayer. - ‘R. Andlet my cry come to thee, V. Blefs we our Lord. R,. Thanks be to God. | R. May the fouls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, reft in peace. Armen, AT THE NINTH HOUR, + on pabhinly unto my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make hafte to help me. Glory be to the Father, @c. As it was in the beginning &c. The HYMN. Memento rerum Conditor. Emember, You, O gracious Lord, Th’ eternal God’s co-equal word, | In Virgin’s womb a creature made | Our Nature wore for Nature’s aid. | O happy Mary, chofle to be | Mother of grace and clemency ? Prote& us at the hour of death, And bear to Heaven our parting breath: May Age to Age for ever fing The Virgin's Son and Angels King; | And praife with the celeftial Hoft | The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, Amen, Anth. Behold the handmaid, ae —EaE—— Ps atm 125. In convertendo Dominus. HE N our Lord turned back the ¥ captivity of Sion, we were made as men comforted. Then was our Mouth replenifhed with joy, aud our tongue with joyfulnefs, ee rep eS ae eee Then 400 The Office of our B, Lady, Then fhall they fay among the Genétles, the Lord had done great things for them. Our Lord has done great things for us, we are made joyful. Turn our captivity, O Lord, as a toners in the fouth. They that fow in tears fhall reap in joy. fulnels. Going out, they went and wept: os bingy their feed. But returning they fhall. come with joyful ne{s, carrying their fheaves, | Glory be to the Father &c. Psautm 126. Nifi Dominus. | F our Lord build not the houfe, they havell ‘laboured in vain that built it. Ifour Lord keeps not the city, he watche@ in vain that keeps it- It is in vain for you to rife before light: rife after ye - have fat, you who eat the br cad of forrow. When he hall give fleep to his beloved, behold children are an inheritance from” our Lord: and the fruit of the womb is a reward. jolted. fire of them: he fhall not be confounded, when he fhall fpeak to his enemies in the ate. ee be to the Father, &c, As arrows in the hand of the aia fo are the children of them that are re- Blefled is the man that has. filled his dell PsALM in Advent, ai the Ninth Howr- ict Psat 127. Beati omnes. LESSED are all that fear our Lord, that walk in his ways. Becaufe thou fhalt eat the labours of thy hands: bleffed art thou, and it fhall be well with thee. Thy wife, as a plentiful vine on the fides. of thy houfe. Thy children, as young plants of olives trees, round abd thy table. Behold, fo fhall the man be bleffed, that fears our Lord. Let our Lord blefs thee out of Bion: and mayeft thou fee the good things of Ferufan lem, all the days of thy life. Mayett thou alfo fee thy childrens children, peace on Ifrael. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Behold the handmaid of our Lord: be it to me according to thy word. The Chapter, Ifaiah 7. EHOLD, a Virgin fhall conceive, and bring forth a Son, and his name fhall ie called Emmanuel ; he fhall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refufe evil, and chufle good. R. Thanks be to God. V. The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary. R. And fhe conceived by the Holy Ghoft. Lord, have mercy on us: 7 L, Chrift; 102 The Office of our B. Lady, Chrift, have mercy on us. “Lord, have mercy on us. Vv. Lord, hear my prayer. ‘ R. Andlet my cry come to thee. Let us pray. God, who wouldeft have thy word taka flefh in the womb of the bleffed Virgin Mary, acording to the declaration of the Angel; grant us thy fuppliants, that we, who truly believe her to be the Mother of God, may find favour with thee, by her inter- ceffion: Through the fame Chrift our Lord, R. Amen. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. V. Blefs we our Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the fouls of the faithful, heal the mercy of-God, reft in peace. R. Amen, AT EVEN-SONG. Hail Mary. t Relomtii tomy aid, O God. “ R. O Lord, make hafte to helpme. _ Glory be tothe Father, &c. Alleluia. — The Anth, The Angel Gabriel. ; Psaum 10g. Dixit Dominus. Cy = Lord faid to my Lord, fit on my righit hand. ntl I make thy enemies thy fom {tool. Our Lerd will fend forth the fceptre di 7. in Advent, at Even-Sony. 403 thy power from Szon; rule thou in the mrdit of thy enemies. The beginning with thee in the day of thy ftrength, in the brighynefs of the Saints > from the womb, before the day-ftar, I begat thee. Our Lord fwore, and he will not repent: thou art a prieft for ever, according to the order of Melchifedec. Our Lord on thy right hand, hath broken kings in the day of his wrath. He fhail judge in the nations, he fhall fill ruins, he fhall crufh the heads in the land of many. | | Of the torrent in the way he fhall drink, therefore fhall he lift up his head. Glory be to the Father, &c, The Anth. The Angel Gabriel was fent to. Mary, a Virgin efpoufed to Fofeph. | The Anth. Hail Mary. \Psaum 1i2. Laudate pueri Dominum. | PD>Raile our Lord ye children, praife the | name of our Lord. . | The name of our Lord be blefled from: henceforth, now, and for ever. . | From the rifing of the fun, to its going jdown, the name of our Lord is worthy of ‘|praife. | Our Lord is high above all nations, and \his glory above the Heavens, | Who is like the Lord our God, that dwells | Le on —- 404 The Office of our B. Lady, on high, and beholds the humble things im Heaven and Earth. Raifing up the needy from the earth, i lifting up the poor out of the dung. To place him with princes, with the princes of his people. Who makes the barren woman to dwell i her houfe, a joyful mother of children. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee, blefled art thou among Women. Alleluia. The Anth. Fear not, Mary. f ‘ PsAtm 121. Letatus fum- i Rejoiced at thofe things, which were faid to me; we fhall go into the houfe of the Lord. i Our feet were Plarsdin in thy courts, ) Fert ifalem. | Ferwfalem, which is built as a city, whee inbabitants are united together. For thither did the tribes afcend, the ibs of our Lord, the teftimony of ZJ/racl; t praife the name of our Lord, 7 Becaule feats fat there in judgment, feats upon the houfe of David. | ‘Afk the things that are for the peace of Ferufalem, and abundance to them that love” thee. Let peace be made in thy ftrength, and. abundance in thy towers, é F or in Advent, at Even-Song. tos For my brethren, and my neighbours, I fpoke peace of thee. For the houfe of the Lord our God, J have fought good things for thee. — Glory be to the Father, &c., The Anth. Fear not, Mary, thou haf found grace with our Lord: behold, thou fhalt conceive, and bring forth a Son. l- leluia. The Anth. Our Lord will give. Psatm 126. Nifi Dominus. F our Lord build not the boufe, they have laboured in vain tbat built it. If our Lord keeps not the city, he watches in vain that keeps it. It is in vain for you to rife before light: rife after ye have fat, you that eat the bread ef forrow. : When he fhall give fleep to his beloved : behold children are an inheritance from our Lord: and the fruit of the womb is a reward. As arrows in the hand of the mighty, fo are the children of them that are rejected. _ Blefled is the man that has filled his de- fire of them: he fhall not be confounded, when he fhall fpeak to his enemies in the gate. Glory be tothe Father, &c. The Anth. Our Lord will give him the feat of his Father David, and he fhall reign for ever. | . L 3 The 106 = The Office of our B.*Lady, _ The Anth. Behold the handmaid. Psatm 147. Lauda Jerufalem. O Jerufalem, praife our Lord: praife thy God, O Sion. ‘ Becaule he has ftrengthened the locks of thy gates, he has bleffed thy children in- thee. : Who has fet thy bececdoee in peace : and fills thee with the fat of corn. i Who fends forth his fpeech to the earth 3 his word runs {wiftly. ‘ Who gives {now as wool; f{catters milts as afhes. : He cafts his cryftal as morfels : befaré the” face of the cold who fhall abide ? 7, He fhall fend forth his word, and fhall melt them : his fpirit fhall breathe, and thes waters fhall flow. E Who declares his word to Facob, his juftice and judgments to J/rael. . - He has not done foto any nation: and his judgments he has not made manifelt. to them. : Glory be to the Father, &c. f The Anth. Behold the handmaid of our Lord, be it to me according to thy word. Fhe Chapier, Maiah 11. Rod fhall come forth of the Root off Jefe, and a flower fhall rife up out.of his Root, and the fpirit of our Lord fhall reft $i upon him. . R.. Thanks, he to Cod, i The in Advent, at Even-Song. 107 The HYMN. Ave Maris Stella. Right Mother of our Maker, hail; Thou Virgin ever bleft, The ocean’s ftar, by which we fail, _ And gain the port of reft, Whilft we this Ave thus to thee From Gabriel’s mouth rehearfe 3 Prevail, that peace our lot may be, And Eva's name reverfe. Releafe our long entangled mind From all the {nares of ill; With heav’nly light inftuét the blind, | And all our vows fulfill, | Exert for us a mother’s care, And us thy children own: Prevail with him to hear our pray’r, | Who chofe to be thy fon. | © fpoilels Maid! whole virtues fhine | With brightefl purity : | Each aftion of our lives refine, | And make us pure like thee. | Preferve our lives. unftain’d from il} | _ In this infe&tious way > i | That Heav’n alone our Souls may fill — | With joys that ne'er decay, : B | ‘Fo God the Father endlefs praife ; To God the Son the fame ; find Holy Ghoft, whofe equal rays One equal glory claim. Amen. - W. Grace is. poured forth on thy lips. R. There» a 408 The Office ae our B. Lady. R. Therefore God has bleffed thee for ever. The Anth. The Holy Ghoft. : The Song of the B. Virgin Mary, Luke 4, M Y foul does magnify our Lord. And my {pirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour. - Becaufe he has regarded the meannefs of his handmaid: for behold, from henceforth all generations fhall call me bleffed. ? Becaufe he that is mighty has done great. things to me; and holy is his name. 7 And his mercy from generation to gene= rations, is on them that fear him. He has fhewed {trength in his arm, he hadf difperfed the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has depofed the siiahi from their feat, and exalted the humble. The hungry he has filled with. goods things, and the rich he has fent away empty. He has received T/rael his child, being mindful of his mercy. : (As he fpoke to our fathers ;) to Abraham, and his feed for ever. i | Glory be to the Father, &c. f The Anth. The Holy Ghoft fhall come. upon thee; Mary, fear not, thou fhalt have. in thy womb the Son of God. Alleluia Lord, have mercy on us. Chrift, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy onus, V. Lord in Advent, at Even-Song. 109 V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. | | Let us pray. | | .) God, who wouldeft have thy word take | flefh in the womb of the bleffled Vir- |gin Mary, according to the declaration of jthe Angel; grant us, thy fuppliants, that we, | who truly believe her to be the Mother of | God, may find favour with thee,.by her in- |terceffion: Thro’ the fame Chrift our Lord, R. Amen. | For the Saints. - The Anth. Behold, our Lord fhall come, and all his faints with him, and there fhall be inthat day a greatlight. Alleluia. V. Behold, our Lord fhall appear on a white cloud, | R. And with him thoufands of faints. - Let us pray. pu O Lord, we befeech thee, our eoniciences by thy vifit ; that at the arria val of our Lord Jefus Chrift with all his faints, he my find in us a dwelling ready for his reception: who liveth and reigneth one God, &c. R. Amen. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee, V. Blefs we our Lord. R, Thanks be to God. V. May the fouls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, reft in peace, R. Amen, » | | AT 1to =‘ The Office of our B. Lady; AT: COM PLIN. Hail Mary- ONVERT us, O God, our Saviour, R. Andturn away thy anger from us. V. Incline unto my aid, O God. i R. O Lord, make hafte-to help me: Glory be to the Father, ce. lleluza. Psaim 128. Szpe expugnaverunt. FTEN have they affaulted me from mys youth; let Z/rae/ now fay- Often have they affaulted me from my youth; but they have not prevailed agua me. Sinners have beaten.on my back, as onan anvil ; they have prolonged their iniquity. Our jouft Lord will'cut the necks of fins ners: let all be confounded, and: turned backward, that hate Sion. Let them be made as hay on the tops” of houfes: which is withered before it be plucked up. Whereof the reaper fhall not fill his” hand, nor he that gathers the fheaves, his” bofom. ; And they who paffed by, faid not, the — bleffing of the Lord be upon you: we have bleffed you in the name of our Lord. . Glory be tothe Father, &c. PsALM 129. De profundis. ROM the deep I have cried to thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice, Z et after Advent, at Complin. zit Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my petition. 4. 31¢ If thou regardeft iniquities, O Lord: Lord, who fhall bear it ? _ Becaufe with thee there is mercy: and becaufe of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My foul has trufted in his word, my foul has hoped in our Lord. - From the morning watch even till night, ‘let J/rael hope in our Lord. Becaufe with our Lord there is mercy, and with him plentiful redemption. And he fhall redeem Jfrael from all his iniquities. Glory be to the Father, &c. Ps ALM 130. Domine non eft exaltatum. es R D, my heart is not exalted, nor are my eyes lofty. Nor have I walked in great matters, nor in marvellous things above me. | IfIwasnot humble-minded, but exalted my foul ; : | As the weaned child is for his mother, fo fl et it be with my foul. | | | | Let Jfrael hope in our Lord, from hence- | forth, now, and for ever, : Glory be to the Father, &c. The HYMN, Memento rerum Conditor. eet member, you, O gracious Lord, Th’ eternal.God’s co-equal word, To 112 The Office of our B. Lady, In Virgin’s womb a creature made Our Nature wore for Nature’s aid. O happy Mary, chofe to be Mother of grace and clemency ! Proteét us at the hour of death, _And bear to Heav’n our parting breaths May Age to Age for ever fing The Virgin's Son and Argels King, And praife, with the Celeftial Hoft, The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen, — The Chapter, Ifa 7 EHOLD a Virgin fhall conceive, andl bring forth a Son, and his name fhall be called Pav ah vHE he fhall eat bute ter and honey, that he may know to refulé. evil, and chufe good. R. Thanks be to God. v. The Angel of our Lord brought word to Mary. R, And the conceived of the Holy Ghoft. The Anth. The Holy Ghoft. p The Song of Simeon, Luke 2. N O W, Lord, let thy Servant depart i? peace, according to thy word. Becaufe my eyes have feen thy falvation 3 Which thou haft prepared before the a | of all people. A light to enlighten the Gentiles : and for ) the glory of thy people Hrael. Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. The Holy Ghoft fhall come upon thee, O Mary; fear not, thou have | ve in Advent, at Conrplin. 113 | have in thy womb the Son of God. Al | leluia. | ! | Lord, have mercy on us. Chrift, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy en us. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. Let us pray. God, who wouldeft have thy word take | flefh in the womb of the bleffed Vir- |gin Mary, according to the declaration of \the Angel; grant us, thy fuppliants, that we, |who truly believe her to be the Mother of | God, may find favour with thee, by her in- |terceffion: through the fame Chrift our Lord. |R. Amen. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. V. Blefs we our Lord. R. Thanks be to God. | The Bleffing. May the almighty and mer- jciful Lord, Father, Son, and Holy Gholt, |\blefs and keep us. R. Amen. (| This being done, the Anthem, Bright Parent of our |Lord, Sc. 2s fatd Kneeling, as in p. 88. and the Verficle _|(May the divine Help) deing fard, Our Father, Hail Mary, land the Creed are to be faidin Secrets M Tus Be ar a8. PEECEECTEL ECCT TECTED THE OFFICE oF ouR B. LADY, To be faid from the Basti Song of Chrifimas-Eve to the Feaft of tke Purification inclufive, AT NAT PINS. All ts to be faid as before Advent, Page 1, Fiat) ha US: V. FNCLINE unto my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make hafte to help me. © Glory be to the Father, &e. t As it wasin, &c. Alleluia: : The ikedhioO aduirable intercourfe. | PsaAtutm g2. Dominus regnavit. : Cie Lord has reigned, he has put on beauty: our Lord has put on frengii 4 and girded himfelf. | For he has eftablifhed the globe of the earth, which fhall not be avad : From that time was thy feat prepared, thou art from eternity. : The rivers, O Lord, have lifted up: he rivers have lifted up their voice, The rivers have lifted up their waves fr om the voice of many waters. Marvellous are the rifings of the foal a marvellous ts our Lord on high. 4 Thy teftimonies are made very credible: holinefs becomes thy houfe, O Lord, for . length of days- 4 Glory be to the Father, &c, a re after Advent, at Lauds. 115 |» The Anth. O admirable intercourfe, the © | Creator of Mankind taking a living body, | youchfafed to be born of a Virgin; and coming forth Man, without feed, has given to —us his Godhead. The Anth. When thou waft unfpeakably. Psarm gg. Jubilate Deo. M*. K E ye joy to God, all the Earth, ferve our Lord in giadnefs. Enter in before his fight with joy. Know, that the Lord is God; he made us, and not we ourfelves. His people, and the fheep of his pafture, enter into his gates in confeffion, his courts with hymns ; confefs ye to him. Praife his name, becaufe our Lord is fweet, his mercy for ever, and his truth, even from gencration to generation, Glory be to the Father, &e. . The Anth. When thou watt unfpeakably born ofa Virgin, then were the {criptures fulfilled ; dhot didft defcend hike rain into the fleece; that thou mightelt fave mankind : we praife our God. ‘The Anth- The bufh which Mofes fo ei 62. Deus Deus meus, ad te de Lue : ce vigilo. God my God: to thee I watch from the morning light. ; My foul has thirfled after thee: my flefh we very many ways. 2 As 116 The Office of our B. Lady, As inadefart land, and inacceffible, and wnbout water: fo in the holy place have I appeared to thee, that I might behold thy {trength and thy glory. Becaufe thy mercy is better than life, my , Jips fhall praife thee. ) So will 1 blefs thee in my life, and m thy name I will hftup my hands. As with marrow and fatnefs let my foulbe — filled, and my mouth fhall praife with lips of jo Tey have been mindful of thee on mye bed; in the morning I will meditate on thee becaufe thou haft been my helper. And under the cover of thy wings I will rejoice, my foul has cleaved after thee ; thy right hand has taken me under its pro-_ teclion. a But they in vain have fought my foul, they fhall enter into the lower parts of the earth; they fhall be delivered into the power : of the fword; they fhall be the portions of ‘ foxes. But the King fhall rejoice in God, aun fha'l be prailed, that {wear on him ; becaule : the mouth of thofe that {peak wicked things” is {topped. : Psaim 66. Deus mifereatur noftri. OD, have mercy on us, and blefs us, — caufe his countenance to fhine upon us, and have mercy on us. 2 That — after Advent, at Lauds. 217 That we may know thy way, on earth ; thy falvation, in all nations. Let people, O God, confefs to thee, let all people praife thee. : Let nations be glad, and rejoice, becaufe thou judgeft people with equity, and direételt the nations on the earth. Let people, O God, confefs to thee: let . all people praife thee: the earth has yielded — her fruit. May God, our God, blefs us; may God blefs us, and may all the ends of the earth fear him. eet Glory be to the Father, Kc. The Anth. The bufh which Mofes faw burn, without confuming, we acknowledge thy laudable virginity preferved ; O Mother of God, make interceffion fer us. The Anth. The Root of Je/fe has budded. The Song of the Three Children. Dan. 3- ; LL the works of our Lord blefs our "& Lord ; praife and extol him for ever. Biefs our Lord, ye Angels of our Lord ; ye heavens, blefs our Lord. All waters, that are above the heavens, blefs ye our Lord; blefs our Lord, all ye powers of our Lord, ; Sun and moon blefS our Lord; ftars of heaven blefs our Loyd. Showers and dew blefs our Lord; all {pirits of God blefs our Lord. | M3 Fire He The Office of our B. Lady, “* Fire and. heat blefs our Lord ; : cold and fummer blefs our Lord. 4 Dews and hoary froft blefs our Lords | froft and cold blefs our Lord. Ice and fnow blefs our Lord; nights i | days blefs our Lord. Light and darknefs blefs our Lord; light | - mings and clouds blefs our Lord. Let the earth blefs our Lord; let it praile and extol him for ever. Mountains and hills blefs our Lord; all things that fpring in the earth blefs oul Lord. | Blefs cur Lord ye fountains ; feas and rie | vers blefs our Lord. Whales, and all that move in the waters, blefs our Lord ; biefs our Lord all ye fow Is. of the air. a Ail beafts and eattle blefs our Lord; fons of men blefs our Lord. s Let I/rael blefs our Lord; praifé and eX< tol him for ever. 4 Priefts of our Lord blefs our Lotds fore vants of our Lord blefs our Lord. Spiritsand fouls of the juft blefs our Lord : ye holy and humble of heart blefs our Lord. Ananias, Azarias, Mifael, blefs our Lordi praife and extol bim for ever. 3 Let us blefs the Father and the Son, w ich the Holy Ghoft; let us praife ane magnify him for ever. | Ble fed - ‘ iy es - after Advent, at Lauds. - 119 Bleffed art thou, Lord, in the firmament of heaven; and praifed, and glorified, and extolled fot ever. The Anth. The Root of Feffe has budded out, a Star is rifen from Facob, a Virgin hath brought forth a Saviour: we praife thee our God. ; The anth. Behold Mary. Psautm 148. Laudate Dominum de Ceekts; RAISE our Lord from the heavens, praife him in the high places. Praifé him all his Angels, praife him all his powers: Praife bim fun and moon, praife him all ye ftars and light. Praife him, O heavens of heavens, and let | the waters, that are above the heavens, praife | the name of our Lord. |; Becaufe he fpake, and they were made; . | he commanded, and they were created. | He eftablifhed them for ever, world with- j-out end: he made a precept, and it fhall not be annulled, — : |. Praife our Lord from the earth, ye dra- | gons, and all depths, ; |. Fire, hail, fpow, ice, tempeftvous winds, | which obey his word. |~ Mountains and-all hills, trees that bear | fruit, and all cedars. | Beafts and all cattle: ferpentsand winged | fowls, Kings 4:20 The Office of our B. Lady. eid, Kings of the earth, and all people, princes, and all judges of the earth. . Young men and virgins, the old with the — -youngs let them praife the name of our — Lord, becaufe his name alone is exalted. — and earth, and he has exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his faints, to the fons of Ifrael;, a people that approaches to him, "— ae 149.- ‘C\ING toour Lord a new fong, let his” praife be in the church of faints. £ Let J/rael be joyful in him that made him, — and the children of Szon rejoice in their King. ee Let them praife his name in choir :.0 i timbrel and plalter let them fing to him. 4 Becaufe our Lord is well pleafed with his) people, and he will exalt the meek to falva- - tion. Ee The faints fhall rejoice in glory, they fhalt be joyful in their beds. Le The praifeof God fhall be in their mouths, _ and two-edged {words in their hands. . To execute revenge on the nations, chaf=_ tifements among the people. 4 To bind their kings .in fetters, and their nobles in chains of iron. § That they may execute on them the judg- | after Advent, at Lauds) . ag ment that is written: this glory is to all his faints. Psat 150. Laudate Dominum in San&tis. RAISE our Lord in his faints, praife him in the firmament of his ftrength. | Praife him in his powers, praife him ac- Lordingto the multitude of his greatnefs. | Praife him in the found of trumpet, praife im on the pfalter andharp. | Praife him on :imbrel, and in choir, praile him on ftrings and organs. Praife him on well-founding cymbals, raife him on cymbals of joy, let every fpirit raife our Lord. | Glory be to the Father, &c. | The Anth. Behold, Mary has brought forth to us a Saviour, whom Fohn feeing, tried out, faying, Behold the Lamb of God, behold him, who takes away the fins of the world. Alleluia. : The Chapter, Cant. 1. HE daughters of Sion beheld her, and declared her moft bleffed ; and Queens ‘lid praife her. | R. Thanks be to God. | The HY MN. 0 gloriofa Virginum. W \ Mary! whilft thy Maker bleft i Is nourifh’d at thy Virgin breaft, ‘Such glory fhines, that ftars lefs bright ‘Behold thy face, and lofe their light. 122 The Office of our B. Lady, The lofs that man in Eve deplores, Thy fruitful womb in Chrift reftores, And makes the way to Heaven free For them that mourn, to follow thee. By thee the Heavenly gates difplay And fhew the light of endlefs day : Sing, ranfom’d nations, fing and own, Your ranfom was a Virgin’ s Son. May age to age for ever fing The Virgin’s Son and Angels King, 8 And praife with the celeftial holt £ The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amer, \ V. Bleffed art thou among women, R. And bleffed is the fruit of thy womby! The Anth. A wonderful myftery. The Song of Zach, Luke 1. LESSED be our Lord God of Jfrae) becaufe he has vifited and wrought the) xedemption of his people. And raifed up a kingdom of Givationl to us, in the houfe of Dawzd, his fervant. ¥ he he {poke by the mouth of his hom i prophets, that are from the beginning. Salvation from our enemies, and from th hand of all that hate us. To work mercy with our fathers, and 0 remember his holy covenant. The oath, which he fwore to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us. That without fear, being delivered snail the hand of our enemies, we may ferve hie ne after Advent, at Lauds. 123 Inholinefs and juftice before him all our S. § And thou, child, fhalt be called the Pro- het of the Higheft; for thou fhalt go efore the face of our Lord, to prepare his ways. MT give knowledge of falvation to his eople, for remiffion of their fins. Through the bowels of the mercy of our God; in which the rifing fun from on high has vifited us. | To enlighten them that fit in dit bnl hnd in the fhadow of death: to direét our feet in the way of peace. ; | Glory be to the Father, &c. | ‘The Anth. A wonderful myftery i is de- clared this day: Natures are renewed, God is made man; he remained what he was, _ nd affumed what he was not, fuffering nei- her mixture nor divifion. Lord, have mercy on us. Chrift, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. V. Lord, hear my prayer. 7 _R. And let my cry come to thee. Let us pray. God, who, by the fruitful virginity of the bleffed Virgin Mary, haft given to mankind the rewards of eternal falvation: Grant, we befeech thee, that we may be fenfible of the benefit of her interceffion, whom we have received the author of life, our a eeEeEeeeEeEeeEeeeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeeeoeorrre we aie cae % 124 The Office of our B. Lady, our Lord Jefus Chrift thy Son, who lived and reigneth one God with thee, &c, R, Amen. . For the Saints. The Anth. All ye faints of God, vou fafe to make interceflion for the falvation of us, and of all. V. Ye juft, a in our Lord, and be exceeding glad. R. And glory, alt ye right of heart. Let us pr op Proteét, O Lord, thy people ; and let the: confiderice we have in the interceffion of thy | bleffed Apoftles, Peter and Panl, and of thy | other Apoftles, prevail with thee, to prefer and defend us for ever. May all thy faints, O Lord, we befeech | thee, every where affift us, that whilft we. celebrate their merits, we may be fenfible of | their prote€tion : Grant us thy peace in our | time, and repel all wickednels from thy” church ; profperoufly guide the fteps, ace tions and defires of us and all thy fervants in | the way of falvation: give eternal bleflings | to thofe who have’ done good to us, and everlafting reft to the faithful departed Through our Lord Jefus Chrift thy Son | &c. R- Amen. ‘ V. Lord, hear my prayer. ' R. And let my cry come to thee, V. Blefs we our Lord. R, Thanks be to God. a | V. May © after Advent, at Eauds) 128 V. May the fouls of the faithful, thro’ the jmercy of God, reft in peace. R, dinen, | This being done, the Anthem following isto be [aid Kueeling. | The Anthem. Alna Redempioris Mater | By parent of our Lord, whofe pray’rs difplay j The Heav'nly Gates » whofe light dire&s our way ; | Bright ocean’s flar, with facred influence guide | Our ftrageling courfe in fpite of nature’s. tide. | Thou in whom nature.ftood amaz'd to fee Both God and Man, thy Makerborn of thee ; Ia whom alone the: Maid and Mother meet, | Remember finners at thy Infant's feet. | V. Thou didft remain an idvichate Virgin after thy child-bearing. R. O Mother of God, make interceflion for us, Let us pray. O God, who, by the fruitful virginity, as before, p.123. .R. Amen.) * Ve ae the divine help ever remain with us, R. Amen, The following Anthem is faid in the End of Complin, till the Day of the Purification inclujive. The Anthem. Ave Regina Coban’ | HA: ; thining Queen of the celeftial hain, O’er Angel-pow’rs extend thy brighter reign. Hail, fruiiful Root of Life: Hail, Orient Gate, From whom Earth's better Jight derives its date. O glorious Maid, rejoice! alone poflets The ished feat of creatures happinelis ant N Anj 426 The Office of our B. Lady. And crown’d with beauty, thence, implore thy Son Yo grant our pray'rs from his indulgent throne. « WV. Wouchfafe that I may praife thee, O | facred Virgin. R. Give me force againft thy enemies, Let us pray. ee us, O God of mercy, againft — all our weaknefs; and grant that we, who celebrate the memory of the blefled | Virgin Mary, Mother of our Lord, may, | by the affiftance of her prayers, forfake all | our iniquities: Through the fame Chrift | our Lord. R. Amen. vf V.. May the divine help always remain | | with us. R, Amen, q AT FUR dM Hail Mary. V.. FNCLINE unto my aid,O God. R. O Lord, make hafle to help me.” Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, ce. 4 The HYMN. Memento rerum Conditor, | Emember, You, O gracious Lord, 7 Th’ eternal God’ s co-equal Word, In Virgin’s womb a creature made Our Nature wore for Nature’s aid. O happy Mary, chofe to be Mother of grace and clemency ! Prote€t us at the hour of death, And bear to Heayen our parting breath. May | : afier Advent, at Prime. 227 May Age to Age for ever fing | |The Virgin’s Son and Angels King . -|And praife with the Celeftial Hoft , ,.. |The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. . Amen. The anth. O admirable intercourfe, Psawum 53. Deus in nomine tuo, O God, fave me by thy name, and by thy 4 ftrength judge me. , O God, hear my prayers; with thy ears |receive the words of my mouth; Becaule ftrangers have rifen.up againf me, and the ftrong have fought my foul : |and they have not fet God before. their eyes. For behold, God helps me, and our Lord |is the prote€tor of my foul. | good, _ Turn away the evils to. my enemies, and | 4n thy truth deftroy them. — Iwill freely facrifice to thee, and wil confefs to thy name, O Lord, becaufe it is Becaufe thou haft delivered me out of all tribulation; and my eyes have looked down upon my enemies. ) Glory be to the Father, &c. ~Psaum 84- Benedixifti Domine. Lord, thou haft bleffed thy land: thou haft turned away the captivity of Facod. Thou haft forgiven the iniquity of thy | people, thou haft covered all their fins. ‘Thou haft moderated all thy wrath, thou 3 N 2 | halt ty 128 «= The Office of our B. Lady. — | haft turned away from the wrath of thy ine | dignation. | Convert us, O God our Saviour, and — turn away thy anger from us. Wik thou be angry with us for ever? | Or wilt thou extend thy wrath from genera- | tion to generation ? QO God, thou being reconciled, fhalt — quicken us, and ny people fhall rejoice in | thee.” Shew us, O Let, ‘thy mercy, and give us thy falvation: : I will hear what our Lord God fhall {peak in me, becaufe he will fpeak peace to his fopler Oo Aw to his Faint and to them that are — converted to the beart. a But his falvation is near to them that 5 fear him, that glory may inhabit our” land. 3 q Mercy and ae have met each other, ~ jultice and peace have kiffed. q Truth is rifen out of the earth, and juftice has looked down from heaven. a For our Lord will give plenty, and ou 4 land fhall yield its fruit, 4 Juttice thall wa Ik before him, and fet her fteps in the way. | Glory beto the Father. &c. Toe “ Psarm 116. Laudate Dominum. RAISE our Lord all Gentiles, praile him all people. Becaule — after Advent, at Prime. 129 | Becanfe his mercy is confirmed on us, and this truth remains for ever, | Glory be tothe Father, &c. The Anth. O admirable intercourfe, the |Creator of mankind, taking a living body, vouchlafed to be born of'a Virgin, and com- ing forth man without feed, has given to us his Godhead. The Chapter, Cant. 6, HO is fhe, that comes forth as the morning rifing, fair as the moon, eleét as the Sun, terrible as the front of an army fet in order of battle? R. Thanks be to God. V. Vouchfafe that I may praife thee, O facred Virgin. R. Give me force againft thy enemies. Lord, have mercy on us, Chrilt, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us, V. Lord, hear my prayer. . R. And let my cry come to thee. Let us pray. () God, who, by the fruitful virginity of the bleffed Virgin Mary, haft given to mankind the rewards of eternal falvation: Grant, we befeech thee, that we may be fenfible of the benefit of her interceffion, by whom we have received the author of life, our Lord Jefus Chrift thy Son, who liveth. and reigneth one God with thee, &c., R., Amen. | VY: Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come ‘oxhee. N 3 V. Blefs 130 © The Office of our B, Yes, ~V~. Blefs we our Lord. a R. Thanks be to God. , | V. May the fouls of the faithful, er the mercy of God, reft in peace. R. Amen, | AT THE THIRD HOUR, © : Hail Mary. . b Beene unto my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make hafte to help me- Glory be tothe Father, &c. The HYMN. Memento rerum conditor. Emember, You, O gracious Lord, Th’ eternal God’s co-equal word, In Virgin’s womb a creature made, Our Nature wore for Nature’s aid. s O happy Mary, chofe to. be ‘ Mother of grace and clemency! i Protec us at the hour of death, - + And bear to Heaven our parting breath. May Age to Age for ever fing The Virgin’s Son, and Angels. King, And praile, with the Celeftial Hott, . The Father, Son, and Holy Gholt. Amen, — The Anth. When thon walt enfpeakablya Psatm 219. Ad Dominum cum ribularenl HEN I was in tribulation, I cried to our Lord, and he heard mex | _ Lord, deliver my foul from Unjult lips. and from a deceitful tongue. What will be given, or what recompence ean be made fora deceitful tongue ? The after Advent, at the Third Hour, 19% The fharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of defolation. | - Woe isme, that my banifhment is pro- longed: I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar, my foul has’been long a ftranger. ‘With them that hated peace, I was pea- ceable: when I fpoke to them, they oppo- fed me without caufe. : Glory be to the Father, &c. Psat 120. Levavi oculos meos:. ¥ Have lifted up my eyes to the moun- tains, from whence help fhall come to me. My help is from our Lord, who made heaven and earth. ; Let him not fuffer thy foot to be moved, nor let him flumber that keeps thee. Lo, be fhall not flumber nor fleep, that keeps I/rael. | Our Lord keeps thee, our Lord is thy | protcétion, on thy right hand. By day the fun fhall not burn thee, nor the moon by night, Our Lord keeps thee from all evil, may our Lord keep thy foul. -! Let our Lord keep thy coming in, and thy going out; from henceforth, now, and for ever. “Glory be to the Father, ¥, Psatm —~ 132 The Office of our B. Lady, PsaLm 121. Letatus fum. | I Rejoiced at thofe things, which were faid to me; we fhall gointo the houle of | the Lord. Our feet were ftanding in thy courts, O | Ferufalem. Ferufalem, which is built as a city, whofe inhabitants are united together. For thither did the tribes afcend, the tribeal af our Lord, the seftimony of Jfrael; to praife the name of our Lord. Becaufe feats fat there in judgment, feats | upon the houfe of Davwd. Afk the things that are for the peace olf Ferufalem, and abundance to them that love thee. i Let peace be made in thy ftrength, and abundance in thy towers: 4 For my brethren, and my neighbours, Nt fpoke peace of thee. : For the -houfe of the Lord our God, I have fougbt good things for thee. | Glory be to the F ather, &e. The Anth. When thou waft unfpeakably. born ofa Virgin, then were the {criptures_ fulfilled: thou didft defcend like rain into the fleece, that thou mighteft fave mankind + we praife our God. The Chapter, Ecclef. 24. ND. {fo in Sion was 1 -eftablifhed, and in the fanétified city likewife I refted, and my power was in Ferujfalem. R. Thanks after Advent, at the Sixth Hour. 133 R. Thanks be toGod. — dans V: Grace is poured forth on thy lips. R- Therefore God has bleffed thee for ver. Lord, have mercy on us. Chrift, have ercy on us. Lord, have'mercy on us, V. O Lord, hear my prayer. _ R. And let my ery come to thee. Let us pray. God, who, by the fruitful virginity of _ the bleffed Virgin Mary, haft given to nankind the rewards of eternal falvation s xrant, we befeech thee, that we may be fen- ible of the benefit of her interceifion, by hom we have received the author of life, ur Lord Jefus'Chrift thy Son, who liveth nd reigneth one’God, with thee, Ga R. Amen. ) : V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. ‘V. Blels we our Lord. R, Thanks be to Gok V. May the fouls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, reft in peace. R. Amen, AT THE SIXTH HOUR, - Hail Mary. | Pee unto my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make hafte to help me, Glory be to the Father, &c. Alleluia. The HYMN. Memento rerum Conditor: mea omer You, O gracious Lord. &%. Th’ eternal God’sco-equal word, ‘ In 294 The Office of our B, Lady, In Virgin’s womb a creature made, ~ Our Nature wore for Nature’s aid. O happy Mary, chofe to be Mother of grace and clemency ! Prote& us at the hour of death, And bear to Heav’n our parting breath. May Age to Age for ever fing The Virgin’s Son and Angels King, ‘And praife with the Celeftial Hoft The Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen, - . bhe Anth. The bufh which Mofes faw. — Psatm 122. Ad te levavi. © thee have I lifted up my eyes ; who dwelleft in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of fervants are on the hands of their matters ; As the eyes of the hand-maid on the hands of her miftrefs: fo are our eyes to our Lord God, until he have mercy on us, — Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, becaufe we are overwhelmed with contempt: r' Becaufe our foul is overwhelmed ; be- ing. an obje& of reproach to fuch as a bound, and of contempt tothe proud. Glory be to the Father, Sc. Psatm 129. Nifi quia Dominus. U T that our Lord was with us, let Tfrael now fay, but that our Lord was ‘syith us, When | afier Advent, at the Sixth Hour. 13% When men rofe up againft us, perhaps ey had fwallowed us alive. When their fury was raifed againft us, erhaps the waters had fwallowed us up. Our foul has paffed through a torrent, erhaps our foul had paffed through an in- lerable water. ! Bleffed be our Lord, who has not given s for a prey to their teeth, Our foul, as a {parrow, is delivered from e {nare of the fowlers. ‘The fare is broken, and we are de- vered, Our help is in the name of the Lord, yho made heaven and earth. Glory be to the Father, &c. Psatm 124. Quiconfidunt in Domiro. HEY that truft in our Lord, are as mount Szon; he fhall not be moved for ver that dwells in Ferujalem. Mountains round about it, and our Lord found about his people, from henceforth, how, and for ever. | Becaufe our Lord will not teave the rod pf finners on the lot of the juft ; that the juift xtend not their hands to iniquity. Do well, O Lord, to the good and right heart. But our Lord will bring thofe that ‘{lecline to perverfe ways, with them that work, 136 The Office of our B. Lady, work iniquity, that peace may be upon Ifrael, | | Glory be tothe Father, &c. The Anth. The bath which Mofes faw burn, without confuming, we acknowledge thy laudable Virginity preferved; O Mo. ther of God, make interceffion for.us. | The Chapter, Ecclef. 24. I Have taken root in an honourable peo. A ple, and in the portion ef my God his inheritance, and my abiding is in the full! affembly of faints. | R. Thanks be to God. V. Bleffed art thou.among women. | R. And blefled is the fruit efthy womb, | Lord, have mercy on us, © | Chrift, have mercy on us, lord, have mercy on us. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee, Let us pray. ef O God, who, by the fruitful virginity of | ” the blefled Virgin Mary, haft given to” mankind. the rewards of eternal falvation: | Grant, we befeech thee, that we may be fen- | fible of the benefit of her interceflion, by whom we have received the author of life,” our Lord Jefus Chrift thy Son, who liveth, | é&c. R. Amen, | V. Lord, hear my prayer. | -.R- And let my cry come to thee. a - Y, Blefs i after Advent, at the Ninth Hour. 137 V. Blefs we our Lord. R. Thanks be to God. V. May the fouls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, re{t in peace. Amen. AT THE NINTH HOUR. Hail Mary. NCLINE unto my aid, O God. R. O Lord, make halte to help me. Glory be to the Father, Gc. The HYMN. Memento rerum Conditor. Emember, You,O gracious Lord, Th’ eternal God’s co-equal word, In Virgin’s womb a creature made Our Nature wore for Nature’s aid. O happy Mary. chofe to be Mother of grace and clemency ! Prote& us at the hour of death, And bear to Heaven our parting breath? May Age to Age for ever fing The Virgin’s Son and Angels King ; And praife with the Celeftial Hoft The Father, Son, and Holy Ghof, Amen. Anth, Behold, Mary. Psaum 125. In convertendo Dominus: W HEN our Lord turned back the captivity of Sion, we were made as men comforted. _ Then was our Mouth replenifhed with joy, and our tongue with joytulnels. OF sili chod Then a “oe = my oe 4 2138 The Ofice of our B. Pudy, Then fhall they fay among the Gentiles, the Lord has done great things'for them, | Our Lord has done great things for us, we axe made joyful. 7 Turn our captivity, O Lord, as a torrent in the fouth. They that fow in tears fhall reap in joy fulnels. if Going out, they went and wept: cafting i their feed. es _ But returning they fhall come with joyfule” nefs, carrying their fheaves, . Glory be tothe Father &e, Psatum'126. Nifi> Dominus. pi F our Lord build not the: houfe, they bave e laboured in vain that built it. x Ifour Lord keeps not the city, he watches” in vain that keeps it- 4 It is in vain'for -you'to rife before light! rifeafter ye have fat, you who eat'the bread of forrow. q When he fhall give fleep to his beloved, behold children are an inheritance from” our Lord: and the fruit of the womb isa reward. As arrows in the hand of the mighty, fo are the children of them © that are om jeCted. Bleffed is’ the man. that bax filled his deal fire of them: he hall not! be confounded, when he fhall fpeak:to his enemies in the WOT cea a. ae Glory be to the Father, Se, : PsALM after Advent, at the Ninth Hour, 139 ~Psaum 127. Beati omnes. LESSED are al! that fear our Lord, that walk in his ways. | Becaufe thou fhalt eat the labours of thy © ands: bleffed art thou, and’ it fhall be welf ith thee. Vs : : Thy wife, as a plentiful vine on the fides f thy houfe. Thy children, as young plants of olive- rees, round about thy tabie, Behold, fo fhall the man be bleffed, that earsour Lord. Let our Lord blefs thee out of Ston, and mayeft thou fee the good things of Feruja- lem, all the days of thy life. — Mayett thou alfo fee thy childrens children, peace on Jfrael. Glory. be to the Father, @e. - The Anth. Behold, Mary has brought forth to us a Saviour; whom Fokn feeing, cried out; faying, Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the fins of the world, The Chapter, Ecclef. 24. Gave an odour as cinnamon, and as aro- matic balm in the ftreets, and as chofen myrrh have I given the {weetnefs of odour. R. Thanks be to God. V. Thou didf remain an inviolate Virgin after thy child-bearing, | O 2 R. O 240 The Office of our B. Lady, | R. O Mother of God, make interceffion for us, i Lord, have mercy on us. Chrift, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. V. Lord, hear my prayer. R. Andlet my cry come to thee. | Lei us pray. C) God, who, by the fruitful virginity off} the Blefled Virgin Mary, &c. as bee a Sore, page. 136. R. Amen. , V. Lord, hear my prayer. 4 R. And let my cry come to thee. 4 VY. Blels we our Lord. a R. Thanks be to God. a _V. May the fouls of the faithful, through _ the mercy of God, reft in peace. R. Amen, — AT EVEN-SONG. 7 Hail Mary. a pace to my aid, O God. t R. O Lord, make hafte to help me. a Glory be tothe Father, Sc. Alleluia, The Anth, O admirable intercourfe. 4 Psaum 10g- Dixit Dominus. ie a hei Re UR Lord faid to my Lord, fit on my ' right hand. ftool. Our Lord will fend forth the cep ees Until, I make thy enemies thy foot. after Advent, at the Even-Song. 141 thy power from Szon; rule thou in the midft jof thy enemies. | The beginning with thee in the day of thy ftrength, in the brighine/s. of the Saints: from the womb, before the day-ftar, I begat thee. | , | Our Lord fwore, and he will not repent: jthou art a pricft for ever, according to the order of Melchifedec. x } Our Lord on thy right hand, hath brokerr ikings in the day of his wrath. | He fhalljudge in the nations, he fhalh fill fruins, be fhall crufh the heads in the land |of many- | | | Of the torrent in the way he fhall drink, |therefore fhali he lift up his head. | Glory be to the Father, &c. | The Anth. © admirable intercourfe, the Creator of mankind, taking a living body, vouchfafed to be born of a Virgin, and com- ing forth man without feed, has given'to us his Godhead. 7 The Anth. When thou waft. Psawum i112. Laudate pueri Dominum. pre our Lord ye children, praife the name of.our Lord. | The name of our Lord be blefled from: henceforth, now, and for ever. From the rifing of the fun, to its going down, the name of our Lord is worthy of. praile. | | O03 OWe _. princes of his people. 448 The Office of our B. Lady, Our Lord is high above all nations, and | his glory above the Heavens, Who is like the Lord our God, that dwell on high, and beholds the humble things i in | Heaven and Earth. | Raifing up the needy from the earth, and | lifting up the poor out of the dung. To place him with princes, with the } Who makes the barren woman to dwell i in her houfe, a joyful mother of children. Glory be to the Father, &c. a The Anth. When thou waft unfpeakablyil born ofa Virgin, then were the {criptures fulfilled ; thou didft defcend like rain into the fleece, that thou mighteft fave mankind = we praife our God. The Anth. The bufh which Mofes faw. Psaum 121. Leetatus fum. i Rejoiced at thofe things, which were faid to me; we fhall gointo the houfe of the Lord. Our feet were fanding in thy courts, oO 4 ‘Ferujalem. ; Ferujalem, which is built as a city, whofe i inhabitants are united together. % For thither did-the tribes afcend, the tribes of our Lord, the teftimony: of J/rad; te praile the name of our Lord, Beeaule feats:fat there in judgment, feats upon the houfe of David. , afier Advent, at Even-Song. 243 Afk the things that are for the peace of erufalem, and abundance to them thatlove hee. | Let peace be made im thy ftrength, and |bundance in thy towers. | For my brethren, and my neighbours, 2 jpoke peace of thee, | ¥or the houfe of the Lord our Ged, J have fought good things for thee, | Glory be to the Father, &c. The Anth. The bufh which Mofes faw urn, without confuming, we acknowledge hy laudable Virginity preferved; O Mo- ther of God, make interceffion for us. The Anth. The Root of Feffe. Psaum 126, Nils Dominus. } F our Lord build not the houfe, they have laboured in vain tbat built it. If our Lord keeps not the city, he watches in vain that keeps it. It is in vain for you to rife before hight: rife after ye have fat, you that eat the bread of forrow. en ] When he fhall give fleep to his beloved: behold children are an inheritance frona sour Lord: and the fruit of the womb is a xeward. . : ; As arrows in the hand of the mighty, fo zare the children of them that are rejeGed. Blefied is the man that has filled his de- ‘Bre of them: che fhall not be confounded, when My jult help is from our Lord, who faves ‘the right of heart. ! God is a juft judge, ftrong and patient: is he angry every day? If you will not be converted, he will fhake his word; he has bent his bow, and prepared it. And in it he has prepared the inflruments of death, he has made his arrows with burn- ‘Ing coals. Behold, he has been big with injuflice, he has-conceived pain, and brought forth iquity. iY He has opened a pit, and digged it up, ands fallen into the ditch, which he made. flis The Office for the Dead. 167 His forrow fhall be turned upon him, and his iniquity fhall fall upon his own. head. I will-confefs to our Lord according to his juflice ; and fing to the name of our Lord moft High. . Give them, &c. The Anth- Left at any time he fnatch away my foul, as a lion, whilft there is none 10 re{cue, nor to fave me- V. From the gates of hell, R. Deliver, O Lord, their fouls. Our Father, all in fecret. The Firft Leffon. Job 7- (* PARE me, Lord, for my days are no- thing, What is man, that thou mag- nifieft him ? Or why fetteft thou thy heart towards him ? Thou doft vifit him early, and fuddenly thou provefl him. How long doft thou not fpare me, nor fuffer me to {wallow my fpittle: I have finned; what fhall I do to thee, O Keeper of Men! why haft thou fet me contrary to thee, and I am become burthenfome to myfelf. Why doft thou not take away my fin, and why doft thou not take away my imiquity ? Behold, now I fhall fleep in the duft, and if thou feek me in the morning, I fhall not be. R. I believe my Redeemer lives, and that in the laft day I fhall rife from the earth, and in my flefh fhall fee God my Saviour, V. Whom 168 The Qfice for the Dead. V. Whom I myfelf fhall fee, and not another, and my eyes fhall behold: and in my flefh I fhall fee God my Saviour. The Second Leffon, Job 10, M Y Soul is weary of my life, I will let loofe my fpeech againft myfelf: I will fpeak in the bitternefs of my foul; I will fay to God, condemn me not; tell why thou judgeft me fo? Does it feem good to thee, if thou calumniate me, and opprefs me, the work of thy hands, and help the defign of the impious? Haft thou eyes of flefh, or asaman fees, fhalt thou alfo fee ? Are thy days as the days of man ? And are thy years as the times of men, that thou fhouldeft feek my iniquity, and fearch my fin? And know, that I have done no impious thing: whereas there is none that can deliver out of thy hand. | R. Thou, who didft raile Lazarus flinking from the grave: thou, O Lord, grant theny reft, and the place of indulgence. V..Who art to come to judge the living. and the dead, and the world by fire, Thou; O Lord, grant them reft, and the place of indulgence. : The Third Leffon; Job 10. J ‘HY Hands, O Lord, have made me, and framed me wholly round about; and doft theu fo fuddenly caft me down. headlong? Remember, I befeech thee, ahat, as clay, thou madeft me, and into The Office for the Dead. -169 duft thou wilt bring me again. Haft thou not milked me like milk, and curded me as cheefe? With fkin and flefh thou haft cloathed me, with bones and finews. thou haft fet me together. Life and mercy thou haft given me, and thy vifitation has kept my fpirit.. Lord, when thou fhalt come to judge: the earth, where fhall I hide me from the face of thy wrath? For I have finned ex- ceedingly in my life. V. I dread my evil aétions, and blufh be-- fore thee: do not condemn me when thou fhalt come to judgment: for. I have finned exceedingly in my life. V. Give them, O Lord, eternal reft, and let thy light fhine upon them for ever. For I have finned exceedingly in my life. At the Lauds, as hereafter, page 186, Ar tHe Seconp Nocrurn, For Tuefday and Friday. The Anth. In a place of pafture.. Psatm 22, Dominus regit me: David, under the Similitude of a Shepherd leading his Flock, JSoews what Care God had over him, and what great Benes Jits he had received from the divine Majefty. UR Lord rules me, and nothing fhall be wanting to me: in a place of pa- fture, there he has put me. © Upon 270 The Office for the Dead. Upon the refrefhing waters he has brought me up; he has converted my foul. He has condu&ted me in the. paths of juftice, for the glory of his name. For though I fhall walk in the midft of the fhadow of death, I will not fear evils, becaufe thou art with me. | Thy rod and thy ftaff, they have com- forted me. Thou haft prepared in my fight a table, againft them that trouble me. Thou haft poured forth oil on my head, and the wine of my chalice, how goodly it is. And thy mercy fhall follow me all the days of my life. That I may for ever dwell in the houfe of our Lord. : Give them, &c. The Anth, Ina place of pafture, there he has put me. The Anth. Remember nct. Psaitm 24. Ad te Domine levavi. It ts probable that David made this Pfalm in the Time of the Rebellion of Abfalom. It contains the Prayer of a Man in great Straits, begging the Afiftance of Ged againft hes Enemies, and the Pardon of his Sins. %O thee, Lord, I have lifted up my foul; my God, in thee is my confi- dence, let me not be afhamed. Neither let my enemies infult over me; for all that hope in thee fhall not be con- founded. Let The Ofice for the Dead. 171 Let all be confounded, who vainly doe unjuft things. Lord, fhew me thy ways, and teach me thy paths, Dire& me in thy truth, and teach me ; becaufe thou art God my Saviour, and thee have I expected all the Day. | Remember, O Lord, thy compaffion, and thy mercies, that are from the beginning of the world. - The fins of my vouth and my ignorance, do not remember. According to thy mercy remember me, for thy goodnefs, O Lord. Our Lord is {weet and righteous; for this caufe, he will give a law to them that fin in the way. He will dire&t the mild in judgment; he will teach the meek his ways. All the ways of our Lord are mercy and truth; to them that feek his covenant, and his teftimonies, For thy name, O Lord, thou wilt be propitious to my fin, becaufe it is great. Who is the man that fears our Lord? he appoints him a law in the way he has chofen. _ His Soul fhall abide in good things,-and his feed inherit the land, Our Lord is a fupport to them that fear dim ; and his teftament, that it may be made ‘manifefl to them, M y ‘ ~ a72 ss The Office for the Dead. | _ My eyes are always to our Lord, becaufe he will deliver my feet out of the fnare. Have regard to me, and fhew mercy to me, becaufe I am alone, and poor. The tribulations of my heart are multipli- ed, deliver me from my neceffities. See my humiliations, and my labour ; and forgive all my fins. Behold my enemies, for they are multi- plied, and with unjuft hatred they have purfu- ed me. Keep my foul and deliver me; I fhall not be confounded, becaufe I have hoped in thee. The innocent and righteous have cleaved to me, becaufe.1 expected thee. Deliver Jfrael, OQ God, out of all his tribulations. Give them, €%c. The Anth. Remember not, O Lord, the offences of my youth and my Ignorance, The Anth. I believe. Psautm 26, Dominus illuminatio mea: In thes Pfaln David mentions the Dangers which by God's Affiftance he has overcome, and the Affurance he has of be- eng protected for the future ; he alfo begs of our Lord, that he may without Difturbance ferve him Night and Day in the Tabernacle. UR Lord is my light, and my fal- vation, whom fhall I fear ? | Our Lord is the prote€tor of my life, of whom fhall I be afraid ? While The Ofice for the Dead. 173 While the wicked approach to me, to eat any flefh. | My enemies.that trouble me, themfelves are weakened, and are fallen, If camps ftand againft me, my heart fhall not fear. If battles rife up againft me, this fhall -raife my-hope. One thing I have afked of our Lord, this will I feek; that I may dwell in the houfe of our Lord all the days of my life. That I may fee the delights of our Lord, -and vifit his temple. - | Becaufe he has hid me in his tabernacle ; in the day of evils he has proteéted me in the fecret of his tabernacle. In arock he has exalted me, and now he has raifed my head above my enemies. I have gone about, and offered in his ta- bernacle a facrifice of praife: I will fing, and repeat a pfalm to our Lord. Hear, O Lord, my voice, wherewith [ have cried to thee ; have mercy on me, and hear me. My heart has fpoke to thee; my face has fought thee out; thy face, O Lord, I will feek. 3 Hide not thy face from me; turn not away in wrath from thy fervant. Be thou my helper, forfake me not; neither defpife me, O God my Saviour, R Becaufe 174. ~~ «~The Office for the Dead. | Becaufe my father and mother have for- faken me; but our Lord has received me. Give me a law, O Lord, in thy a and direét me in the right path, becaufe my enemies. j Deliver me not to the fouls of them that. perfecute me; becaufe unjuft witneffes. have rifen up againft me, and iniquity has lied againft itfelf. | believe I fhall fee the good things of our Lord, in the land of the living. Wait on our Lord, do manfully, and let. thy heart take. courage; wait thou on our Lord. Give them, &c, The Anth, I believe I fhall fee the good things of our Lord in the land of the living. — V. May our Lord place them with princes. R. With the princes of the people.’ Our Father, all in fecret. The Fourth Leffon, Job 19. Poe me, how great are my ini quities and fins; my wicked deeds: and my offences fhew ‘me. Why hideft thou thy face, and thinkeft me thy ene- my? Againft a leaf, that is carried away with’ ‘the wind, thou fhewelt thy © might, and perfecuteft dry ftubble. For thou writeft bitternefs againft me, and_ wilt confume me with the’ fins of my youth.| Thou haft put my feet in a flring, and baft obferved all my paths, and confidered the} fteps |The Office for the Dead. oe fleps of my feet; who am to be confumed as rottennefs, and as a garment that is eaten by the moth. ; R. O God, be mindful of me, becaufe my life is bat wind; nor may the fight of man- _ behold me. ne V. From the deep I cried to thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Nor may the fight of man behold me. | The Fifth Leffon, Job 14. AN born of a woman, living a fhort time, is replenifhed with many mt- feries ; who asa flower comes forth, and is deftroyed, and flies away like a fhadow, and never abides in the fame flate. And doft thou count it a worthy thing, to open thy eyes on fuch an one, and to bring him with thee into judgment? Who can make clean one that is conceived of unclean feed? fs. it not thou, who only art? The days of man are fhort, the number of his months is with | thee ; thou haft appointed his limits, which cannot be pafled. Depart a little from him, that he may reft, till his wifhed-for day comes, as that of the hired man. RR. I grieve, O Lord, becaufe I have finned exceedingly in my life; O wretch, what fhall I do, whether fhall I fly but to thee, my God? Have mercy on me, when thou comeft at the latter. day. V. My foul is greatly troubled, but : ; Re thou, 176 The Office for the Dead. thou, O Lord, come to its relief. Have mercy on me, when thou comeft at the lat- ter day. . The Sixth Leffon, Job 14. Wwe will grant me this, that in Hell thou protect me, and hide me till thy fury pafs away, and appoint me a time wherein thou wilt remember me: fhall a man that is dead, thinkeft thou, live again ? All the days in which I am now in war, I expect till my change comes. Thou fhalt call me, and I fhall anfwer thee ; to the work of thy hands thou fhalt reach forth thy right hand. Thou indeed haftnumbered my fteps, but {pare my fins, R. Remember not, O Lord, my fins, when thou fhalt come to judge the world by fire. V- Dire&, O Lord my God, my way.in thy fight. When thou fhalt come to judge tbe world by fire. V. Give them, © Lord, eternal reft, 8c. When thou fhalt come to judge the world by fire. ) ‘At the Lauds, as hereafter, page 186% AT THE Tairp NocTuRN. For Wednefday and Saturday The Anth. May it pleafe thee. Psarm 39. Expeétans expe@avi. Interpreters fay that this Pfalm contains two different Senfes, ihe one which regards the Perfonof David perfecuted by Abfalom, and the other, which regards the perfon of the , Son of God, born according to the Fle/h of ihe Race of Da- vid. Thus tt ts applied by St, Paul, in his Epifile to the Hebrews, The Ofice for the Dead. — 177 Hebrews. David thanks God for having delivered him From fo many Dangers, and begs his farther Afiftance in that which he at this Time was in, Jefus Chrifi, in the Name of all his Members, gives Thanks to God his Father, Jor the many Benefits they have received from him, and Sometimes he fpeaks in his own Nam, clearly denoting the Myftery of his Incarnation, which has made ceafe ail the Sacrifices of the Old Law. 3 kf, Xeceins I expe€ied our Lord; and he has heard me. | | He heard my prayers, and brought me out of the lake of mifery, and from the filth of dregs. And has fet my feet upon a rock, and has’ directed my fteps. And he has put a new fong into my mouth, a fong to our God. | Many fhall fee, and fhall fear; and they fhall hope in our Lord. Bleffed is the man, whofe hope 1s in the Name of our Lord;. and has not had regard’ to vanities, and falfe madnefs. Thou haft done many marvellous things, O Lord my God, and in thy a acted there is none that may be liketo theé. © * I have declared, and have fpoken, ‘they are multiplied above number. Sacrifice and oblation thou wouldeft not; but ears thou haft perfe€ted to me. © Holocauft, and for fin thou didft not re= quire: then faid I, behold come. ~ In the head of the book, it is writ of me, that I fhould do thy will: My God, I 178 The Office for the Dead. would; and thy law is in the midft of my heart. Thave declared thy juftice in the great affembly, I will not flay my lips: Lord, thou haft known it. Thy juflice I have not hid in my heart: thy truth and thy falvation I have fpoke. I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great council. But thou, Lord, remove not thy mercy far from me: thy mercy and thy truth have _ always received me. Becaufe evils have compafled me, which have no number; my iniquities have over- taken me, and I was notable to fee. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart has forfaken me. May it pleafe thee, O Lord, to ‘deliver me: Lord, have regard to help me. Let them be confounded, and afhamed, who feek my foul; to take it away. Let them be turned backward, and be afhamec, who defire evils to me. Let them forthwith receive their confu- fion, who fay to me, well, well. Let all that feek thee, rejoice, and be glad in thee: and let thofe that love thy falvation, | fay always, our Lord be magnified. eh, But | am poor and needy; our Lord is careful of me. | | Thou art my helper and my prote€tor : my God, delay not to help me. Give them, &c. The The Ofice for the Dead. 179 The Anth. May it pleafe thee, O Lord, to deliver me. Lord, have regard to help me. -The Anth, Heal, O Lord, my foul. Psa 43. Beatus qui intelligit- David im the Time of his Affliction falls fick, and has Recourfé to God. All the Fathers have applied this Pfalm to Fefus Chrift, and with a great deal of Reafon, fince our Saviour himfelf cites one of the Verfes of tt, as predifting the Treae © | fon of Judas. Sothat David, in being perfecuted by his Son, betrayed and abandoned by his Friends, was a plain Figure of Jefus Chrift in the Time of his Paffion, when the Jews, who were the People of God, and called his Children, rofe up againft him, and when his Apofties all abandoned him, and one betrayed him. LESSED is the man that confiders of the needy, and poor: in the evil day our Lord will deliver him. Our Lord preferve him, and give him life, and make him bleffed in the land, and deliver him not to the will of his ene- mies. : Our Lord help him on the bed of his forrow: thou haft turned all hisscouch in his infirmity. - : I faid, Lord have mercy on me; heal my foul, becaufe I have finned againft thee. My enemies have fpoke evils.to..me; when fhall he die, and his\name perifh ? And.if be came in to fee, he fpoke vain things ; his heart is full ofiniquity. » He went forth; and {poke to others. ae All 180 The Ofice for the Dead. All my enemies. whifpered againft me, they contrived evils againft me. They have come to an unjuft refolution againft me; but fhall not he that fleeps rife up again P* — For the man alfo of my peace, in whom Y¥ hoped, who did eat my bread, has gloried in treading meunder foot. | But thou, Lord, have mercy on me, and raife me up again, and I will repay them. By this I have known, that thou haft con- fented to me; becaufe my enemy {hall not rejoice Over me, But thou haft received me, becaufe of my innocence ; and thou haft confirmed me in thy fight for ever. ‘@ Blefled be our Lord, the God of Jfrael, from the beginning of the world, and for “evermore. Amen. Amen. Givethem, Xe... | The Anth. Heal, O Lord, my foul, be- eaufe I have finned againft thee. The Anth. My foul has thirfted. Psatm 41. Quemadmodum defiderat cer- Vus. Some doubt whether David be the Author of this Pfalm, but nothing hinders why we may not follow the Opinie on of fome others, who believe that this Pfalm agrees: perfectly with the Time of Wavid's Extle, whether zt be applied to the Time when ke was abfent. from ‘the Tabernacle, and fuffering Perfecution, or to the whole Time of his Life, which he looked upon as a true Banifhment, in regard to which ke afpired with , efl The Office for the Dead. 181 all his Heart; and this laff Senfe is looked upon by Bellarm (a learned Author )» to be the true literal Senfe of the Pfalm. VEN as the hart ddfires the fountains of waters; fo-my foul thirfts after thee, O God: My foul has thirfted after God; powers ful. and living; when’ fhall I come, and. appear before the face of God, My tears have: been my bread day and night, whilft it is fard to me daily, where is- thy God? Thefe things have I remembred, and have poured out my foul in me; becaule F fhall pafs to the place ofa wonderful taber- nacle, even to the houfe of God. In the voice of joy and thatik faving ; ; the found of one who is feafting. Why art thou forrowfal my foul; and why doft thou trouble me? Hope in God, becaufe yet I will praife. him ; the falvation of my countenance, and my God. _ My foul is troubled within myfelf; there- fore will I be mindful of thee, from the land of Jordan, and Hermoniim, from the little: mountain. Depths call on depths in the voice of thy flood-gates. All thy high things, and thy waves have pafled over me. Tn 3 182 The Office for the Dead. Inthe day our Lord has recommended his mercy, and in the night a fong to him. With me is prayer to the God of my life ; I will fay to God, thou art my defender, Why haft thou forgot me: and why go I forrowful, whilft my enemy affliés me ? Whilft my bones are broken, my ene- mies that trouble me have infulted over me. Whilft they faid day by day, where is thy _ God? Why art thou heavy, my foul, and why doft thou trouble me ? Hope in God, becaufe yet I will praife him; the falvation of my countenance, and God. Give them. &c. | ' ‘The Anth. My foul has thirfted after God, the powerful and the living; when fhall I ¢ome, and appear before the face of our Lord ? 7 V. Deliver not to beafts the fouls who: confefs to thee. R. And forget not for ever the fouls of shy poor, Our Father, in Secret. The Seventh Leffon, Job 17. M Y fpirit fhall be extenuated, my days fhall be fhortened, and the grave on- ly remains for me- WPhave not finned, and _ my eye abides in bitternefs. Deliver me, O Lord, and fet me befide thee, and let any one’s hand fight againft me. My days are pafled, my thoughts are diflipated, tor- menting The Office for the Dead. 183 menting my heart. They have turned night into day, and again after darknefs I hope for light. If I fhall expeét, hell is my houfe, and in darknefs I have made my bed ; I have faid to rottennefs, thou art my father; - my mother, and my fifter, to the worms. Where then is now my expectations, and who confiders my patience. R. The fear of death troubles me, fin. ing daily, and not repenting, becaufe in hell there is no redemption ; have mercy on me, O God, and fave me. V. O God, in thy name, fave me; and in thy power deliver me. Becaufe in hell there is no redemption ; have mercy on me, O God, and fave me, The Eighth Leffon, Job 19. . Mi flefh being confumed, my bone has cleaved to my Skin, and there are left only lips about my teeth. Have mercy onme, have mercy on me, at leaft you my friends; becaufe the hand of our Lord hath touched me. Why do you per- fecute me as God, and glut yourfelves with my flefh? who will grant me, that my words may be written; who will grant me, that they may be drawn in a book, with an iron pen, anda plate of lead; or elfe be sraven with fteel on a flint? for I know Do 3 - that my Redeemer lives, and that in the laf. day I fhall rife out of the earth. And I fhall 184 The Ofice forthe Dead. fhali be encompaffed again with my fkin, and in my flefh I fhall fee God my Saviour, - whom I myfelf fhall fee, and my eyes fhall behold, agd not another: this my hope is laid ‘up in my bofom. R. Judge me not, O Lord, according to my deeds; for I have done nothing that ‘1s fit in thy fight; therefore I befeech thy Majelty, that thou, O God, wilt blot out my iniquity. , V. Wath me, O Lord, fiill more from my injuflice, and from. my fin cleanfe me ; that thou, O God, wilt blot out my iniquity. The Ninth Leffon, Job 10. H Y didft thou bring me forth out. of thy womb? I wifh I had been confumed, that eye might not fee me. I had been, as if I were not; transferred from the womb to the grave. Shall not the fewnefs of my days be fhortly ended; fuffer me then te lament my forrow a litle while before I go, not to return unto the dark land, that is covered with the mift of death; a land of mifery and darknefs, where the fhadow of death, and no order, but everlafting horror in- habits. 7 R. Deliver me, O Lord, from the ways of hell, who haft broken the brazen gates, and haft. vifited hell, and given them | tight The Office for the Dead. 185 light to behold thee; who were in the pains of darknefs, R. Crying, and faying, thou art come, Oh, our Redeemer. Who were in the pains of darknels. : V- Give them, O Lord, eternal reft, and Jet thy light fhine upon them for ever; who were in the pains of darknefs, Which is always faid in the Week-day Office. _ The Refponfory following is only faid on All-Souls Day, and when the three No@ums ere faid together, as above, Page 153. R. Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal Death, at that dreadful day, when the heavens and earth are to be moved; when thou fhalt come to judge the world by fire. V. I tremble; and I dread the day of account, and of thy wrath to come: when the heavens and earth are to be moved. 7 R. That day is the day of anger, of ‘calamity and mifery, the great and moft bit- ter day ; when thou fhalt come to judge the world by fire. V. Give them, O Lord, eternal ref, and let thy light fhine upon them for ever. R. Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death, at that dreadful day, when the hea- vens and earth areto bemoved ; when thou Shalt come to judge the world by fire. 5 7 AT 186 The Ofice for the Dead. AT LAUD. Ss ‘The Anth. The humbled bones. PsawumMm 50. Miferere mei Deus. This Pfalm contains an excellent Prayer of a penitent Prince» made to God to afk Pardon for his Crime, and to beg hes Grace to preferve him from the like Temptations ; And tt contains not only the Sentiments of his own Penisence, but allo admirable Rules, which the Holy Ghoft gives by his Mouth to all. Sinners, AVE mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my iniquities. Wath me ftill more from my iniquity, and cleanfe me from my fin, Becaule I know my iniquity; and my fin is always againft me. ; To thee only have I finned, and done evil in thy fight, that thou mayeft be ju- {tified in thy words, and overcome when shou art judged. For behold I was conceived in iniquities, and my mother.conceived me in fins, For behold thou haft loved truth ; the un- certain and hidden things of thy wifdom thou aft made manifeft to me. Thou fhalt fprinkle me with hyffop, and I fhall be cleanfed: thou fhalt wafh me, and I {hall be made whiter than fnow. To my bearing thou fhalt give joy, and giadnels ; and the bones that are humbled dnall rejoice. Turn The Office for the Dead. 187 Turn away thy face from my fins, and’ blot out my iniquities. Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a right {pirit within my bowels. Caft me not away frorn thy face, and thy Holy Spirit take not from me. Reftore to me the joy of thy falvation, and confirm me with thy perfeét Spirit. I will teach the unjuft thy ways, and the wicked fhall be converted to thee. ; Deliver me from blood, O God, the God of my falvation, and my tongue hall extol thy juftice, Lord, thou wilt open my lips, and my mouth fhall declare thy praife. Becaufe, if thou wouldeft have had facri- fice, I had verily given it; with burnt-offer- ings thou wilt not be delighted, A facrifice to God is a troubled fpirit : contrite and humble heart, O God, as wilt not defpife. Deal favourably, O ith in thy good will with Sion; that the walls of Ferujalem may be built up. Then. halt. thou accept a facrifice of jultice, oblations, and whole burnt offer- ings: then fhall they lay calves upon thy altar. Give them, &c. - The Auth. ‘The humble bones fhall re- yoice to our Lord. S 2 The 188 The Office for the Dead. The Anth. Hear, O Lord. Psaim 64. Te decet hymnus Deus. This Pfalm, according to the Letter of it, feems to be made about the Time of the Mraelites going out of Babylon, and returning to Jerufalem, Jt zs to be applied, in the Spiritual Senfe, to the Church delivered from the Captivity of the Devil bythe Death of our Saviour Jefus Chrift. Hymn, O God, becomes thee, in Si on; and a vow fhall be réndered to thee in Ferufalem. Hear my prayer ; all flefh fhall come to thee. The words of the wicked have prevailed onus; and thou wit fhew mercy to our iniquities. Blefled is he whom thou haft made choice of and taken; he fhall dwell in thy courts. | ee We fhall be replenifhed in the goods of thy houfe; holy is thy temple, wonderful in equity. Hear us, O God our Saviour; the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the re- moteft parts of the fea. Preparing mountains im thy ftrength, girded with might; who troubleft the depth of the fea, and the found of its waves. The Gentiles fhall be troubled, and they that inhabit the borders fhall be afraid of thy figns; the Faft and the Weft thou fhalt delight, | Thou The Ofice for the Dead. 189 Thou haft vifited the earth, and made it drink in rain, thou haft enriched it with plenty. The river of God is Ceinoiiiied with was ters ; thou haft prepared their meat; be- caufe it isto be prepared. | Make her rivers fwell, multiply her’ fruits: in thy influence, fhe fhall rejoice and abound. ; Thou wilt blefs the circle of the year with thy goodnels, and thy fields fhall be re= plenifhed with plenty, The beautiful ptaces of the defart. fhail be fat, and the little bills encompaffed with oy. The rams of the fheep are cloathed, and the vallies fhall abound with corn; they will ery out, and rejoice in a hymn. Give them, &c. ‘Fhe Anth. Hear, O Lord, my prayer ;. all flefh fhall come to thee. The Anth. Thy right hand. Psauim 62, Deus Deus meus, ad te de luce vigilo.- ARGUMENT as dcfore, in page 22, God, my God: to thee I watch from the morning light, My foul has thirlted after thee: my fléfh alfo very many ways. As in a defart land, and inacceffible, and without water: fo-in the: holy: place have ‘Sy 3 I ap- — YQ The Ofice for the Dead. I appeared to thee; that I might behold thy ftrength and thy glory,© 5 Becaufe thy mercy is better than life, my lips fhall praile thee. So will I blefs thee in my life, and in thy name I will liftup my hands. | As with marrow and fatnefs let my foul be filled, and my mouth fhall praife with lips of joy. | If I have been mindful of thee on my bed; inthe morning I will meditate on thee, . becaufe thou haft been my helper. And under the cover of thy wings I will rejoice, my foul has cleaved after thee: thy right hand has taken me under its pro- teEtion. But they in vain have fought my foul, they fhall enter into the lower parts of the earth; they fhall be delivered into the power of the fword; they fhall be the portions of foxes. But the King fhall rejoice in God, alk ‘fhall be praifed, that {wear on him; beeaufe the mouth of thofe that {peak wicked things: is flopped. Psaum 66, Deus mifereatur noftr® ARGUMENT @s before; in page 23% /OD have mercy on us, and blefs us, ' eaufe his countenance to fhime upom us, and have mercy on us, : That we may know thy way, onearth thy falvation, in all nations. si By The Office for the Dead. tt Let people, O God, confefs to thee, let all people praife thee. Let nations be glad, and rejoice, becaufe thou judgeft people with equity, and di- re€teft the nations on the earth. Let people, O God, confefs to thee: let all people praife thee: the earth has yielded her fruit. May God, our God, blefs us; may God blefs us, and may all the ends of the earth fear him. Give them, &c. The Anth. Thy right hand, O Lord, hath received me. The Anth. From the gate of hell. _The Song of Ezechias, Ifaiah 38. _ Have faid: in the midft of my days, I {hall go to the gates of hell. IT have fought the refidue of my years : I have faid, I fhall not fee our Lord God in the land of the living. I fhalt behold man no more; nor him ‘that dwellsat reff. My generation is taken away, and is at ence fnatched from me, as the tent of fhepherds. My life is eut off, as by @ weaver; whilft I yet began he cut me of; from morning till might thou wilt make an end of me. : I hoped until the morning; as a lion, fo thas he broken all my bones.. From 192 The Office for the Dead. From the morning till evening, thou wilt make an end of me; as a young {wal- low, fo will I cry; I will meditate on thee, as a dove. | i My eyes are weakened, looking up on Ioh, “Lord, I fuffer violence, anfwer for me; what fhall I fay, or what fhall he anfwer me, whereas himfelf has done it? I will rehearfe to thee all my years, in the bitternefs of my foul. Lord, if man’s life be fuch, and the life of my {pirit in fuch things, thou fhait chaftife me, and {halt quicken me; behold in peace is my greateft bitternels. But thou haft delivered my foul, that it fhould not perifh ; thou haft caft all my fins behind thy back. Becaufe Hell hall not confels to thee, neither fhall death praife thee; they that go down into the take fhall not expeét thy truth: The living, the living fhall confefs to thee, as I alfo this day ; the father fhall make thy truth known to his children. | Lord, fave me; and we fhall fing our plalms all the days of our Mite, in the houfe of our Lord. Give them, &c. The the young; let them praife the name of The Office for the Dead. 193 The Anth. From the gate of hell deliver my foul, O lord. The Anth. Let every fpirit. Psaum 148. Laudate Dominum ~ de Cerlis. ARGUMENT @s before, in page 26, 4 Raife our Lord from the Heavens, praife him in the high places. Praife him all his Angels, praife him all his powers. . Praife him fun and moon, praife him alk ye ftars and light. | Praife him, O Heavens of Heavens, and fet the waters, that are above the Heavens, praife the name of our Lord. Becaufe he fpake, and they were made ; he commanded, and they were created. He eftablifhed them for ever, world with- out end: he made a precept, and it fhall not be annulled, Praife our Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all depths. Fire, hail, fnow, ice, tempeftuous winds, which obey his word. ; Mountains and all hills, trees that bear fruit, and all cedars, 7 Beatts and all cattle: ferpents and winged fowls. Kings of the earth, and all people, princes, and all judges of the earth. " Young men and virgins, the old with our 194 The Office for the Dead. our Lord, becaufe his nartie alone is. ex- alted. | | The confeffion of him is above Heaven and earth, and he has:éxalted the horn of his people. “a A hymn to all his Saints, to the fons of Tfrael ; a people that approaches. to him. PsatmM 149. ARGUMENT as dbcfore, in page 27. ING to our Lord a new fong, let his praife be in the church of Saints, Let J/rael be joyful in him that made him, and the children of Sion rejoice in their King. | Let them praife his name in choir: on timbrel and pfalter let them fing to him. Becaufe our Lord is well pleafed. with his people, and he will exalt the meek to fal- vation. The Saints fhall rejoice in glory, they fhall be joyfulin their beds. The praife of God fhall be in their mouths, and two-edged {words in their hands. To execute revenge on the nations, chaftifements among the people. To bind their kings in fetters, and their nobles in chains of iron. } That they may execute on‘ them the judg- ment that is written; this glory is to all his Saints. PsALM The Cfice for the Dead. 195. - Psatm t50. Laudate Dominum in SanQiis. ARGUMENT as before, page 28. Poe our Lord in his faints, praife him in the firmament of his ftrength. Praife him in his powers, praife him ac- cording to the multitude of his greatnefs. Praife him in the found of trumpet, praife him on the pfalter and harp. Praife him on :imbrel, and in choir, praife him on ftrings and organs. Praife him on well-founding cymbals, praife him on cymbals of joy, let every {pirit praife our Lord. : Give them, &c. The Anth. Let every fpirit praife our Lord. V. I heard a voice from Heaven, faying to me. R. Bleffed are the dead, that die in our Lord. The Anth. Iam. The Song of Zach. Luke 1. Leffed be our Lord God of Jfrael, be- caufe he has vifited and wrought the redemption of his people. And raifed up a kingdom of falvation to us, inthe houfe of David, his fervant. As he {poke by the mouth of his holy prophets, that are from the beginning. Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us, , To ig0 — fhe Office for the Dead. . To work mercy with our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant. The oath, which he fwore to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us. That without fear, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may ferve him. In holinefs and juftice before him all our days. and thou, child, fhalt be called the pro- phet of the higheft; for thou fhalt go before the face of our Lord, to prepare his ways sco vas To give knowledge of falvation to his people, for remiflion of their fins. Through the bowels of-the mercy of our God; in which the rifing fun from on high has vifited us. To enlighten them that fit in darknefs, and in the fhadow of death: to direét our feet in the way of peace. Give them, &c. The Anth. I am refurre@ion and life; he that believes in me, although he be dead. fhall live: and every one that lives, and be- lieves in me, fhall not die for ever. The Prayers following are faid Knecling. Our Father, zn fecret. V. And lead us not into temptation. R. But deliver us from evil. Amen. PsaLy The-Ofice for the Dead. 167 Psatm 129. De profundis. ARGUMENT @s before, page 58. j Deg the deep I have cried to thee, O — Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to ap voice of amy petition. If thou regardeft iniquities, O Lord; Lord, who fhall bear it ? Becaufe with thee there is mercy: and becaufe of thy law, I have waited for thee, ‘O Lord. My foul has trufted in his word, my foal has hoped in our Lord. From the morning watch even till night, let J/rael hope in our Lord. Becaufe with our Lord there is mercy, and with him plentiful redemption. And he fhall redeem J/rael from all his ‘iniquities, Give them, &c. V. From the gate of hell, R. Deliver their fouls,